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Captain of an medium large transport aircraft struck the tail of his aircraft on the tail of a parked aircraft during taxi out on the ramp.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 245315 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199307 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : den |
| State Reference | CO |
| 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 other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 220 flight time total : 11000 |
| ASRS Report | 245315 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 200 |
| ASRS Report | 245316 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 0 vertical : 0 |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
During taxi out, wing walker failed to signal captain of impending contact between his aircraft's tail and the tail of a parked medium large transport.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF AN MLG ACFT STRUCK THE TAIL OF HIS ACFT ON THE TAIL OF A PARKED ACFT DURING TAXI OUT ON THE RAMP.
Narrative: DURING TAXI OUT, WING WALKER FAILED TO SIGNAL CAPT OF IMPENDING CONTACT BTWN HIS ACFT'S TAIL AND THE TAIL OF A PARKED MLG.
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.