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Ground crew judgement of traffic spacing - air carrier taxiing toward the gate area sees another air carrier in a pushback stop suddenly damaging its nose gear. The taxing aircraft is blamed.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 301753 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199504 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : bwi |
| State Reference | MD |
| 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 | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 800 |
| ASRS Report | 301753 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical conflict : ground less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Ground control cleared us to our gate via foxtrot and the inner. To navigate to gate we passed between a parked jet in an area described as the 'parking patch,' and a jet being pushed back from 'B' concourse. There is plenty of room for aircraft to maneuver on this ramp area, and our taxi speed was cautiously slow. The driver of the tug apparently came to an abrupt stop when he saw my aircraft causing some damage to the nose gear on the other aircraft. We were unaware of any conflict and were informed of the apparent damage to the aircraft being pushed back later in the day.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: GND CREW JUDGEMENT OF TFC SPACING - ACR TAXIING TOWARD THE GATE AREA SEES ANOTHER ACR IN A PUSHBACK STOP SUDDENLY DAMAGING ITS NOSE GEAR. THE TAXING ACFT IS BLAMED.
Narrative: GND CTL CLRED US TO OUR GATE VIA FOXTROT AND THE INNER. TO NAVIGATE TO GATE WE PASSED BTWN A PARKED JET IN AN AREA DESCRIBED AS THE 'PARKING PATCH,' AND A JET BEING PUSHED BACK FROM 'B' CONCOURSE. THERE IS PLENTY OF ROOM FOR ACFT TO MANEUVER ON THIS RAMP AREA, AND OUR TAXI SPD WAS CAUTIOUSLY SLOW. THE DRIVER OF THE TUG APPARENTLY CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP WHEN HE SAW MY ACFT CAUSING SOME DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR ON THE OTHER ACFT. WE WERE UNAWARE OF ANY CONFLICT AND WERE INFORMED OF THE APPARENT DAMAGE TO THE ACFT BEING PUSHED BACK LATER IN THE DAY.
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.