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Mechanic, taxiing an medium large transport in tight quarters at the terminal, taxies between 2 aircraft missing 1 by about 3 ft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 242567 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199305 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : clt |
| State Reference | NC |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground : holding |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 5500 |
| ASRS Report | 242567 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 3 vertical : 0 |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Flight was supposed to park at gate abc. An mdt was pushing off abc and we were between abc and spot X. An medium large transport was in the vicinity of gate aba north of the mdt. Suddenly and without warning, the medium large transport, which was being taxied by a mechanic, taxied between our aircraft and the mdt, missing the captain's side window by less than 3 ft with his right wing tip. It was so close that I laid over the center panel, thinking his wing tip was coming through the side window. This is the most senseless and outright dangerous operation of an aircraft that I have ever personally witnessed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MECH, TAXIING AN MLG IN TIGHT QUARTERS AT THE TERMINAL, TAXIES BTWN 2 ACFT MISSING 1 BY ABOUT 3 FT.
Narrative: FLT WAS SUPPOSED TO PARK AT GATE ABC. AN MDT WAS PUSHING OFF ABC AND WE WERE BTWN ABC AND SPOT X. AN MLG WAS IN THE VICINITY OF GATE ABA N OF THE MDT. SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING, THE MLG, WHICH WAS BEING TAXIED BY A MECH, TAXIED BTWN OUR ACFT AND THE MDT, MISSING THE CAPT'S SIDE WINDOW BY LESS THAN 3 FT WITH HIS R WING TIP. IT WAS SO CLOSE THAT I LAID OVER THE CTR PANEL, THINKING HIS WING TIP WAS COMING THROUGH THE SIDE WINDOW. THIS IS THE MOST SENSELESS AND OUTRIGHT DANGEROUS OP OF AN ACFT THAT I HAVE EVER PERSONALLY WITNESSED.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.