Parked medium large transport aircraft damaged by workstand being blown into it by jet blast encount...

Attributes
ACN	249503
Time
Date	199308
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mia
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zan
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
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
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 5000
ASRS Report	249503
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : private pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 3200 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	249831
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation other
Situations
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

After landing in mia, during taxi-in to the gate, there was a report of jet blast damage to another aircraft. I was not made aware of this incident until after completing the next leg of my rotation to fll. At this point, I called our mia operations and our flight control in atl. Therefore, I was unable to personally examine the damage which was caused by a workstand being blown by jet blast into an medium large transport being worked on outside a maintenance hangar adjacent to gate in mia. I was aware of the close proximity of gate to the maintenance work area and took precautions as necessary including briefing my crew on this. Only idle power was used and I stayed on yellow guidelines to minimize any jet blast. The only way to get into the gate with less jet blast is to shut down on the taxiway and be towed into the gate. This is what I will recommend to my company as a standard procedure. Also the maintenance workers should ensure that workstands are chocked and secured.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PARKED MLG ACFT DAMAGED BY WORKSTAND BEING BLOWN INTO IT BY JET BLAST ENCOUNTER.

Narrative: AFTER LNDG IN MIA, DURING TAXI-IN TO THE GATE, THERE WAS A RPT OF JET BLAST DAMAGE TO ANOTHER ACFT. I WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THIS INCIDENT UNTIL AFTER COMPLETING THE NEXT LEG OF MY ROTATION TO FLL. AT THIS POINT, I CALLED OUR MIA OPS AND OUR FLT CTL IN ATL. THEREFORE, I WAS UNABLE TO PERSONALLY EXAMINE THE DAMAGE WHICH WAS CAUSED BY A WORKSTAND BEING BLOWN BY JET BLAST INTO AN MLG BEING WORKED ON OUTSIDE A MAINT HANGAR ADJACENT TO GATE IN MIA. I WAS AWARE OF THE CLOSE PROX OF GATE TO THE MAINT WORK AREA AND TOOK PRECAUTIONS AS NECESSARY INCLUDING BRIEFING MY CREW ON THIS. ONLY IDLE PWR WAS USED AND I STAYED ON YELLOW GUIDELINES TO MINIMIZE ANY JET BLAST. THE ONLY WAY TO GET INTO THE GATE WITH LESS JET BLAST IS TO SHUT DOWN ON THE TXWY AND BE TOWED INTO THE GATE. THIS IS WHAT I WILL RECOMMEND TO MY COMPANY AS A STANDARD PROC. ALSO THE MAINT WORKERS SHOULD ENSURE THAT WORKSTANDS ARE CHOCKED AND SECURED.

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.

Parked medium large transport aircraft damaged by workstand being blown into it by jet blast encounter.