Aircraft damaged in ramp operation aircraft departure procedure.

Attributes
ACN	293446
Time
Date	199501
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bhm
State Reference	AL
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	MD-80 Super 80
Operating Under FAR Part	other : unknown
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	293446
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical non adherence other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Aircraft damage to nose gear door. Ground crew pulled the electric cart away from aircraft while it was still plugged into aircraft. Damage to the left nose gear door occurred. Electrical receptacle has slight damage. Had nose gear door taken off and ferried aircraft to dfw.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACFT DAMAGED IN RAMP OP ACFT DEP PROC.

Narrative: ACFT DAMAGE TO NOSE GEAR DOOR. GND CREW PULLED THE ELECTRIC CART AWAY FROM ACFT WHILE IT WAS STILL PLUGGED INTO ACFT. DAMAGE TO THE L NOSE GEAR DOOR OCCURRED. ELECTRICAL RECEPTACLE HAS SLIGHT DAMAGE. HAD NOSE GEAR DOOR TAKEN OFF AND FERRIED ACFT TO DFW.

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.