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Large transport aircraft taxiing into parking spot, following ground marshaller at night, hit left wingtip on object. Night operation.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 344580 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199608 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : tys |
| State Reference | TN |
| 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 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 45 flight time total : 5400 flight time type : 320 |
| ASRS Report | 344580 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Upon taxi, marshallers (with lighted wands) were guiding the captain into the parking spot. The left wing walking marshaller disappeared from cockpit sight. The forward marshaller indicated a clear taxi and to keep the taxi going. The left wingtip hit an object. Corrective action: marshaller training.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: LGT ACFT TAXIING INTO PARKING SPOT, FOLLOWING GND MARSHALLER AT NIGHT, HIT L WINGTIP ON OBJECT. NIGHT OP.
Narrative: UPON TAXI, MARSHALLERS (WITH LIGHTED WANDS) WERE GUIDING THE CAPT INTO THE PARKING SPOT. THE L WING WALKING MARSHALLER DISAPPEARED FROM COCKPIT SIGHT. THE FORWARD MARSHALLER INDICATED A CLR TAXI AND TO KEEP THE TAXI GOING. THE L WINGTIP HIT AN OBJECT. CORRECTIVE ACTION: MARSHALLER TRAINING.
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.