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Flight crew of a DH8 struck wing on deicing ground equipment protruding onto the ramp parking area causing minor damage to the wingtip and aileron.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 364669 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199703 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : eat |
| State Reference | WA |
| 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 | Dash 8-100 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | other other : other pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time total : 5100 |
| ASRS Report | 364669 |
| 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 | Pilot Deviation |
| Situations | |
| Airport | other physical facility |
Narrative:
After clearing runway 30 at eat, we taxied eastbound towards the ramp for parking. As we entered the ramp area, I placed my thumb up on the glareshield and monitored the movement of the right wing. From an easterly heading, we made an approximately 180 degree turn towards the left to line up with the marshaller. As we rolled out of the left turn, the right wing struck the upper portion of deicing equipment causing what appeared to be minor damage to the leading edge and more significant damage to the aileron. At no time on the ramp did I neglect to do my duty of monitoring the movement of the right wing. I simply did not have enough time to warn captain of the impending collision. Contributing factors of this accident include: the captain overshooting his turn, the marshaller not clearing the area of obstructions, the marshaller attempting to park us in an unauthorized spot, lack of lead-in lines to follow, the location of the deicing equipment, the rapid turn radius of the wing during the left turn which prevented me from warning the captain in sufficient time to stop.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A DH8 STRUCK WING ON DEICING GND EQUIP PROTRUDING ONTO THE RAMP PARKING AREA CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE WINGTIP AND AILERON.
Narrative: AFTER CLRING RWY 30 AT EAT, WE TAXIED EBOUND TOWARDS THE RAMP FOR PARKING. AS WE ENTERED THE RAMP AREA, I PLACED MY THUMB UP ON THE GLARESHIELD AND MONITORED THE MOVEMENT OF THE R WING. FROM AN EASTERLY HDG, WE MADE AN APPROX 180 DEG TURN TOWARDS THE L TO LINE UP WITH THE MARSHALLER. AS WE ROLLED OUT OF THE L TURN, THE R WING STRUCK THE UPPER PORTION OF DEICING EQUIP CAUSING WHAT APPEARED TO BE MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE AND MORE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE AILERON. AT NO TIME ON THE RAMP DID I NEGLECT TO DO MY DUTY OF MONITORING THE MOVEMENT OF THE R WING. I SIMPLY DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO WARN CAPT OF THE IMPENDING COLLISION. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS OF THIS ACCIDENT INCLUDE: THE CAPT OVERSHOOTING HIS TURN, THE MARSHALLER NOT CLRING THE AREA OF OBSTRUCTIONS, THE MARSHALLER ATTEMPTING TO PARK US IN AN UNAUTH SPOT, LACK OF LEAD-IN LINES TO FOLLOW, THE LOCATION OF THE DEICING EQUIP, THE RAPID TURN RADIUS OF THE WING DURING THE L TURN WHICH PREVENTED ME FROM WARNING THE CAPT IN SUFFICIENT TIME TO STOP.
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.