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B727 moving into gate with wing walkers and marshaller guiding aircraft. Many pieces of ground equipment in the area. 5 ft from jetway marshaller signaled to stop. Aircraft had contacted ground equipment.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 367289 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199704 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : yyz |
| State Reference | ON |
| 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 | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| 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 | 367289 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| ASRS Report | 367287 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
While taxiing into ramp area at yyz, crew was met approaching the gate with station line marshalls, consisting of 2 wingmen and 1 guideman. As aircraft was directed into gate by the guideman, several pieces of ground support equipment were present in the vicinity of the gate, but non appeared to be positioned inside of the painted ground safety lines. Aircraft was established on the centerline, and the captain continuously received the move forward signal from the guideman. At approximately 5 ft from the jetbridge stopping position, the guideman gave the stop signal with his wands, and the aircraft was promptly brought to a stop. After the aircraft stopped crew noted much confusion among ground personnel and further analysis revealed that the aircraft made contact with a piece of ground equipment prior to receiving the stop signal.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B727 MOVING INTO GATE WITH WING WALKERS AND MARSHALLER GUIDING ACFT. MANY PIECES OF GND EQUIP IN THE AREA. 5 FT FROM JETWAY MARSHALLER SIGNALED TO STOP. ACFT HAD CONTACTED GND EQUIP.
Narrative: WHILE TAXIING INTO RAMP AREA AT YYZ, CREW WAS MET APCHING THE GATE WITH STATION LINE MARSHALLS, CONSISTING OF 2 WINGMEN AND 1 GUIDEMAN. AS ACFT WAS DIRECTED INTO GATE BY THE GUIDEMAN, SEVERAL PIECES OF GND SUPPORT EQUIP WERE PRESENT IN THE VICINITY OF THE GATE, BUT NON APPEARED TO BE POSITIONED INSIDE OF THE PAINTED GND SAFETY LINES. ACFT WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE CTRLINE, AND THE CAPT CONTINUOUSLY RECEIVED THE MOVE FORWARD SIGNAL FROM THE GUIDEMAN. AT APPROX 5 FT FROM THE JETBRIDGE STOPPING POS, THE GUIDEMAN GAVE THE STOP SIGNAL WITH HIS WANDS, AND THE ACFT WAS PROMPTLY BROUGHT TO A STOP. AFTER THE ACFT STOPPED CREW NOTED MUCH CONFUSION AMONG GND PERSONNEL AND FURTHER ANALYSIS REVEALED THAT THE ACFT MADE CONTACT WITH A PIECE OF GND EQUIP PRIOR TO RECEIVING THE STOP SIGNAL.
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.