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Alarm that warns of imminent jetway movement is inoperative and almost caused injury to first officer as he was stepping onto the stairway. Facility seems unable to repair alarm.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 358444 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199701 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dfw |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Fokker 100 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 358444 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| Airport | other physical facility procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
Dfw gate jetbridge alarm is inoperative. Agent told me that it has been out for some time but facility maintenance does not seem to be able to repair it. As bridge was moved, first officer was just stepping onto the lower step. Sudden movement of bridge without warning could be a serious safety hazard possibly even fatal. We nearly injured the first officer in this case, and ramp workers are in constant peril. Our efforts to make this a safe place to work will be fruitless without the cooperation of all departments.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ALARM THAT WARNS OF IMMINENT JETWAY MOVEMENT IS INOP AND ALMOST CAUSED INJURY TO FO AS HE WAS STEPPING ONTO THE STAIRWAY. FACILITY SEEMS UNABLE TO REPAIR ALARM.
Narrative: DFW GATE JETBRIDGE ALARM IS INOP. AGENT TOLD ME THAT IT HAS BEEN OUT FOR SOME TIME BUT FACILITY MAINT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE ABLE TO REPAIR IT. AS BRIDGE WAS MOVED, FO WAS JUST STEPPING ONTO THE LOWER STEP. SUDDEN MOVEMENT OF BRIDGE WITHOUT WARNING COULD BE A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD POSSIBLY EVEN FATAL. WE NEARLY INJURED THE FO IN THIS CASE, AND RAMP WORKERS ARE IN CONSTANT PERIL. OUR EFFORTS TO MAKE THIS A SAFE PLACE TO WORK WILL BE FRUITLESS WITHOUT THE COOPERATION OF ALL DEPTS.
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.