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Super MD80 being directed into gate by trainee. Stop signal given early and captain turned off seat belt sign. Gate agent wanted aircraft moved forward a few ft to position the jetway. Forgot the passenger were standing in the isle and the seat belt sign was off. No injuries.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 353481 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199611 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : smf |
| State Reference | CA |
| 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 | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 185 flight time total : 20210 flight time type : 6710 |
| ASRS Report | 353481 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure 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 | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Contract labor guideman parking training in progress. Lady stopped us short of parking spot. I set brakes and flicked off seat belt sign (habit) and shut down right engine. Gate agent waving and said plane needed to come forward, as gate jet bridge wouldn't move, so plane door could open. Ground man asked if I wanted to taxi forward, or be towed forward. Plane light so I decided to ease forward about 18 inches. After doing so I suddenly realized that the passenger were standing and I had turned off the seat belt sign. In all the confusion I forgot that I had done this. Had I hit the tow bar, or brakes hard, and someone fell and injured, the consequences could have been serious!
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SUPER MD80 BEING DIRECTED INTO GATE BY TRAINEE. STOP SIGNAL GIVEN EARLY AND CAPT TURNED OFF SEAT BELT SIGN. GATE AGENT WANTED ACFT MOVED FORWARD A FEW FT TO POS THE JETWAY. FORGOT THE PAX WERE STANDING IN THE ISLE AND THE SEAT BELT SIGN WAS OFF. NO INJURIES.
Narrative: CONTRACT LABOR GUIDEMAN PARKING TRAINING IN PROGRESS. LADY STOPPED US SHORT OF PARKING SPOT. I SET BRAKES AND FLICKED OFF SEAT BELT SIGN (HABIT) AND SHUT DOWN R ENG. GATE AGENT WAVING AND SAID PLANE NEEDED TO COME FORWARD, AS GATE JET BRIDGE WOULDN'T MOVE, SO PLANE DOOR COULD OPEN. GND MAN ASKED IF I WANTED TO TAXI FORWARD, OR BE TOWED FORWARD. PLANE LIGHT SO I DECIDED TO EASE FORWARD ABOUT 18 INCHES. AFTER DOING SO I SUDDENLY REALIZED THAT THE PAX WERE STANDING AND I HAD TURNED OFF THE SEAT BELT SIGN. IN ALL THE CONFUSION I FORGOT THAT I HAD DONE THIS. HAD I HIT THE TOW BAR, OR BRAKES HARD, AND SOMEONE FELL AND INJURED, THE CONSEQUENCES COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUS!
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.