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Flight crew of an large transport air carrier aircraft inadvertently hit a construction truck with aircraft wingtip during taxi to parking.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 248156 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199307 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : tlh |
| State Reference | FL |
| 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 | Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 4800 flight time type : 150 |
| ASRS Report | 248156 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
During taxi to parking our left wingtip (outboard edge) went over the edge of a dump truck and hit an overhead brace of some sort. We were taxiing through a couple of 45 degree turns in an area of barricades and construction. The construction company had moved the barricades over to allow more room on pavement for trucks to drive on. They were assuming the airplanes would naturally move over during taxi, but we still had a yellow line to follow even though they didn't understand how we operate. We didn't know we had hit the truck until someone told us after we arrived at our parking spot.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN LGT ACR ACFT INADVERTENTLY HIT A CONSTRUCTION TRUCK WITH ACFT WINGTIP DURING TAXI TO PARKING.
Narrative: DURING TAXI TO PARKING OUR L WINGTIP (OUTBOARD EDGE) WENT OVER THE EDGE OF A DUMP TRUCK AND HIT AN OVERHEAD BRACE OF SOME SORT. WE WERE TAXIING THROUGH A COUPLE OF 45 DEG TURNS IN AN AREA OF BARRICADES AND CONSTRUCTION. THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY HAD MOVED THE BARRICADES OVER TO ALLOW MORE ROOM ON PAVEMENT FOR TRUCKS TO DRIVE ON. THEY WERE ASSUMING THE AIRPLANES WOULD NATURALLY MOVE OVER DURING TAXI, BUT WE STILL HAD A YELLOW LINE TO FOLLOW EVEN THOUGH THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE OPERATE. WE DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD HIT THE TRUCK UNTIL SOMEONE TOLD US AFTER WE ARRIVED AT OUR PARKING SPOT.
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.