<< >> NASA ASRS Report 286148, October 1994

During a turn around on taxiway to go back to parking, the jet blast of a B747 hit a twin cessna parked resulting in damage to the cessna's rudder.

Attributes
ACN	286148
Time
Date	199410
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bfm
State Reference	AL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	Marginal
Light	Dawn
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B747 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Cessna Twin Piston Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
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 : 150 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 5000
ASRS Report	286148
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : investigated other Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 300 vertical : 0
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

On taxi out from bfm after extensive maintenance. Aircraft failed the 'before takeoff control ok.' we asked and relieved permission from ground control to make a left turn to return to the ramp. During left turn we were later informed our idle thrust damaged a twin cessna on our right. Aircraft was parked on the fixed base ramp closest to the taxiway. Damage was confined to the rudder. The cessna did not have gust lucks installed. This is a former military base that now does a lot of heavy maintenance on large aircraft. They need to provide some more space between heavy and light parking.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DURING A TURN AROUND ON TXWY TO GO BACK TO PARKING, THE JET BLAST OF A B747 HIT A TWIN CESSNA PARKED RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE CESSNA'S RUDDER.

Narrative: ON TAXI OUT FROM BFM AFTER EXTENSIVE MAINT. ACFT FAILED THE 'BEFORE TKOF CTL OK.' WE ASKED AND RELIEVED PERMISSION FROM GND CTL TO MAKE A L TURN TO RETURN TO THE RAMP. DURING L TURN WE WERE LATER INFORMED OUR IDLE THRUST DAMAGED A TWIN CESSNA ON OUR R. ACFT WAS PARKED ON THE FIXED BASE RAMP CLOSEST TO THE TXWY. DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO THE RUDDER. THE CESSNA DID NOT HAVE GUST LUCKS INSTALLED. THIS IS A FORMER MIL BASE THAT NOW DOES A LOT OF HVY MAINT ON LARGE ACFT. THEY NEED TO PROVIDE SOME MORE SPACE BTWN HVY AND LIGHT PARKING.

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.