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Flight crew of an medium large transport struck a wingtip during taxi on a non movement taxiway when the aircraft struck a parked catering truck.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 316723 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199509 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : iah |
| State Reference | TX |
| 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 | B737-300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | other other : other pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 140 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 6000 |
| ASRS Report | 316723 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
| Situations | |
| Airport | other physical facility |
Narrative:
Landed runway 8 iah normal. Cleared via east bridge to parking. Gate assigned southeast corner of terminal. Turned on taxiway sx which is nearer for gates in that area. Aircraft were parked on both sides of taxiway, but taxiway appeared adequate. I had never seen aircraft on both sides of taxiway. No aircraft had lights or other obstruction lights illuminated. Taxiway was not notamed as closed. ATIS did not say taxiway was closed. Ground control did not say taxiway was closed and no barriers were present. About 800 ft down taxiway left wingtip made contact with a catering truck (unlit) pulled up to forward service door on parked aircraft. Damage to my wingtip, catering truck and perhaps to side of aircraft that truck was next to. Passenger deplaned via stairs and bussed to terminal. No injuries. Taxiway should have been closed and barricaded or aircraft not parked so as to obstruct taxiway. I should have used alternate route to taxi after seeing aircraft parked with minimum clearance and not illuminated.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN MLG STRUCK A WINGTIP DURING TAXI ON A NON MOVEMENT TXWY WHEN THE ACFT STRUCK A PARKED CATERING TRUCK.
Narrative: LANDED RWY 8 IAH NORMAL. CLRED VIA E BRIDGE TO PARKING. GATE ASSIGNED SE CORNER OF TERMINAL. TURNED ON TXWY SX WHICH IS NEARER FOR GATES IN THAT AREA. ACFT WERE PARKED ON BOTH SIDES OF TXWY, BUT TXWY APPEARED ADEQUATE. I HAD NEVER SEEN ACFT ON BOTH SIDES OF TXWY. NO ACFT HAD LIGHTS OR OTHER OBSTRUCTION LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. TXWY WAS NOT NOTAMED AS CLOSED. ATIS DID NOT SAY TXWY WAS CLOSED. GND CTL DID NOT SAY TXWY WAS CLOSED AND NO BARRIERS WERE PRESENT. ABOUT 800 FT DOWN TXWY L WINGTIP MADE CONTACT WITH A CATERING TRUCK (UNLIT) PULLED UP TO FORWARD SVC DOOR ON PARKED ACFT. DAMAGE TO MY WINGTIP, CATERING TRUCK AND PERHAPS TO SIDE OF ACFT THAT TRUCK WAS NEXT TO. PAX DEPLANED VIA STAIRS AND BUSSED TO TERMINAL. NO INJURIES. TXWY SHOULD HAVE BEEN CLOSED AND BARRICADED OR ACFT NOT PARKED SO AS TO OBSTRUCT TXWY. I SHOULD HAVE USED ALTERNATE RTE TO TAXI AFTER SEEING ACFT PARKED WITH MINIMUM CLRNC AND NOT ILLUMINATED.
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.