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Attributes | |
ACN | 244139 |
Time | |
Date | 199306 |
Day | Thu |
Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : abq |
State Reference | NM |
Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | Mixed |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Operator | other |
Make Model Name | Small Transport |
Flight Phase | ground : holding ground other : taxi |
Flight Plan | None |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | government other |
Function | flight crew : first officer |
Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : instrument |
Experience | flight time last 90 days : 110 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 1800 |
ASRS Report | 244139 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | government other |
Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
Qualification | pilot : atp |
Events | |
Anomaly | conflict : ground critical inflight encounter other other anomaly |
Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
Consequence | other |
Supplementary | |
Primary Problem | Weather |
Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation other |
Narrative:
Leaving the terminal/gate area to return the aircraft to the company hangar after a scheduled (135 far) flight, a thunderstorm hit the field. We waited in the gate area with the plane headed into the prevailing wind till the wind gusts subsided. When the gusts were reported as less than 35 KTS, we proceeded to move the aircraft to the hangar. In the process, a second wave hit the field. We saw it coming and attempted to turn the plane to face the wind, but the gust front hit just as the plane was in the turn and caught the right wing tilting the plane such that the left wing struck the ground. We immediately shut down the engines, called ground control to alert them of the incident and pwred down the aircraft. This has been called a microburst by the national WX service.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACFT DAMAGED DUE TO SURFACE WIND CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH TSTM ACTIVITY.
Narrative: LEAVING THE TERMINAL/GATE AREA TO RETURN THE ACFT TO THE COMPANY HANGAR AFTER A SCHEDULED (135 FAR) FLT, A TSTM HIT THE FIELD. WE WAITED IN THE GATE AREA WITH THE PLANE HEADED INTO THE PREVAILING WIND TILL THE WIND GUSTS SUBSIDED. WHEN THE GUSTS WERE RPTED AS LESS THAN 35 KTS, WE PROCEEDED TO MOVE THE ACFT TO THE HANGAR. IN THE PROCESS, A SECOND WAVE HIT THE FIELD. WE SAW IT COMING AND ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE PLANE TO FACE THE WIND, BUT THE GUST FRONT HIT JUST AS THE PLANE WAS IN THE TURN AND CAUGHT THE R WING TILTING THE PLANE SUCH THAT THE L WING STRUCK THE GND. WE IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN THE ENGS, CALLED GND CTL TO ALERT THEM OF THE INCIDENT AND PWRED DOWN THE ACFT. THIS HAS BEEN CALLED A MICROBURST BY THE NATIONAL WX SVC.
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.