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Property damage, baggage carts, by jet blast encounter from widebody transport in ramp operation aircraft parking procedure.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 244109 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199306 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : slc |
| State Reference | UT |
| 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 | Widebody, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 8000 |
| ASRS Report | 244109 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Prior to landing, the so got the gate assignment 'X'. On approach, we were closing on an large transport. Tower gave us the parallel runway (slc 34R). Landed/taxied across runway 34L, contacted ground, then ramp control who told us to come over spot 'Z' to the gate. I had my mind set on parking at gate 'X', not 'Y' because I have never parked the widebody transport at 'X' concourse. As we were passing X, the so said there is the gate. I slowed the aircraft (had overshot the gate) and made a left turn. We had shut down #3 engine for fuel conservation using power from #2. It took a long time to swing the aircraft back around to the centerline of the gate. In doing so, I blew over several baggage carts (empty) that were parked behind the gate. Not once did anyone on the ground, the wing walkers or the man on the stop/go light, give me a stop sign. The fault lies with me, I had my mind set on parking at gate Y, not X.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PROPERTY DAMAGE, BAGGAGE CARTS, BY JET BLAST ENCOUNTER FROM WDB IN RAMP OP ACFT PARKING PROC.
Narrative: PRIOR TO LNDG, THE SO GOT THE GATE ASSIGNMENT 'X'. ON APCH, WE WERE CLOSING ON AN LGT. TWR GAVE US THE PARALLEL RWY (SLC 34R). LANDED/TAXIED ACROSS RWY 34L, CONTACTED GND, THEN RAMP CTL WHO TOLD US TO COME OVER SPOT 'Z' TO THE GATE. I HAD MY MIND SET ON PARKING AT GATE 'X', NOT 'Y' BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER PARKED THE WDB AT 'X' CONCOURSE. AS WE WERE PASSING X, THE SO SAID THERE IS THE GATE. I SLOWED THE ACFT (HAD OVERSHOT THE GATE) AND MADE A L TURN. WE HAD SHUT DOWN #3 ENG FOR FUEL CONSERVATION USING PWR FROM #2. IT TOOK A LONG TIME TO SWING THE ACFT BACK AROUND TO THE CTRLINE OF THE GATE. IN DOING SO, I BLEW OVER SEVERAL BAGGAGE CARTS (EMPTY) THAT WERE PARKED BEHIND THE GATE. NOT ONCE DID ANYONE ON THE GND, THE WING WALKERS OR THE MAN ON THE STOP/GO LIGHT, GIVE ME A STOP SIGN. THE FAULT LIES WITH ME, I HAD MY MIND SET ON PARKING AT GATE Y, NOT X.
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.