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Aircraft damaged during ramp operation aircraft parking procedure as air carrier medium large transport strikes belt loader.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 292538 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199412 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : phl |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 292538 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation other |
Narrative:
Taxiing into the gate in phl our aircraft struck a loading belt. We were under the direction of a marshaller and were given the 'come ahead' signal with lighted wands up and moving forward and back. There was no stop signal. We were visually very close to the yellow taxi in line.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACFT DAMAGED DURING RAMP OP ACFT PARKING PROC AS ACR MLG STRIKES BELT LOADER.
Narrative: TAXIING INTO THE GATE IN PHL OUR ACFT STRUCK A LOADING BELT. WE WERE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF A MARSHALLER AND WERE GIVEN THE 'COME AHEAD' SIGNAL WITH LIGHTED WANDS UP AND MOVING FORWARD AND BACK. THERE WAS NO STOP SIGNAL. WE WERE VISUALLY VERY CLOSE TO THE YELLOW TAXI IN LINE.
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.