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During push back from gate tow bar broke causing damage to nosewheel broke the over center lock. Passenger deplaned from rear of aircraft without incident.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 336260 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199605 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : atl |
| State Reference | GA |
| 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 | DC-9 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 4300 flight time type : 1400 |
| ASRS Report | 336260 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 8500 flight time type : 6500 |
| ASRS Report | 335923 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
We had completed before pushback check and I had called and received clearance from ramp control. I was looking over my right shoulder to clear the aircraft right side when pushback commenced. I heard a loud noise accompanied by severe pitch oscillations of aircraft. Ground crew advised tow bar had sheared and rotated up into nosewheel, breaking the over center lock. Passenger deplaned without injury through aft airstairs.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: DURING PUSH BACK FROM GATE TOW BAR BROKE CAUSING DAMAGE TO NOSEWHEEL BROKE THE OVER CTR LOCK. PAX DEPLANED FROM REAR OF ACFT WITHOUT INCIDENT.
Narrative: WE HAD COMPLETED BEFORE PUSHBACK CHK AND I HAD CALLED AND RECEIVED CLRNC FROM RAMP CTL. I WAS LOOKING OVER MY R SHOULDER TO CLR THE ACFT R SIDE WHEN PUSHBACK COMMENCED. I HEARD A LOUD NOISE ACCOMPANIED BY SEVERE PITCH OSCILLATIONS OF ACFT. GND CREW ADVISED TOW BAR HAD SHEARED AND ROTATED UP INTO NOSEWHEEL, BREAKING THE OVER CTR LOCK. PAX DEPLANED WITHOUT INJURY THROUGH AFT AIRSTAIRS.
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.