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Captain of a MD80 struck wingtip on ground loader during parking due to marshallers not observing the potential hazard.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 360985 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199702 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lax |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 360985 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Wingtip damage. During taxi into gate at lax stopped for guideman. After both wingtip guideman were in position with all clear signals, continued to gate and parked. A deadheading crew member deplaning informed me he thought the left wingtip had scraped a loader as we parked. I inspected the left wingtip and found yellow paint adhering to the wingtip with one of the static wicks missing. None of the ground crew I asked saw anything. Entered the damage in logbook and called maintenance. I recommend that this gate have lines painted or repainted to be visible for equipment to be behind.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF A MD80 STRUCK WINGTIP ON GND LOADER DURING PARKING DUE TO MARSHALLERS NOT OBSERVING THE POTENTIAL HAZARD.
Narrative: WINGTIP DAMAGE. DURING TAXI INTO GATE AT LAX STOPPED FOR GUIDEMAN. AFTER BOTH WINGTIP GUIDEMAN WERE IN POS WITH ALL CLR SIGNALS, CONTINUED TO GATE AND PARKED. A DEADHEADING CREW MEMBER DEPLANING INFORMED ME HE THOUGHT THE L WINGTIP HAD SCRAPED A LOADER AS WE PARKED. I INSPECTED THE L WINGTIP AND FOUND YELLOW PAINT ADHERING TO THE WINGTIP WITH ONE OF THE STATIC WICKS MISSING. NONE OF THE GND CREW I ASKED SAW ANYTHING. ENTERED THE DAMAGE IN LOGBOOK AND CALLED MAINT. I RECOMMEND THAT THIS GATE HAVE LINES PAINTED OR REPAINTED TO BE VISIBLE FOR EQUIP TO BE BEHIND.
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.