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The pilot of a cpr small transport has the right propeller strike a chock and the chock then dents the right nose gear door. An FBO ground crew member left the chocks standing upright after being distracted by another aircraft's parking procedure.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 371264 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199706 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : apa |
| State Reference | CO |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : corporate |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 75 flight time total : 7400 flight time type : 1700 |
| ASRS Report | 371264 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | other personnel |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation other |
Narrative:
Aircraft was on ramp at denver jet center, engines running, getting clearance. After getting permission to taxi from apa ground we had to wait for a line person who was trying to park another aircraft on our right side. The other aircraft did not park where directed and the line person ran down to where it was trying to park. When the line person left she put the chocks down she had in her hand, only she left them standing on end to the right of my right engine nacelle where they were out of my line of sight. As I turned right out of my parking spot to taxi to the runway, my right propeller caught the chock and tossed it into my nose landing gear door denting it. An a&P mechanic checked the aircraft and found the damage was only cosmetic. I feel a contributing factor to the incident was the line person setting the chocks down too close to the airplane and standing on end instead of down flat where the propellers would have passed over the top of them.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: THE PLT OF A CPR SMT HAS THE R PROP STRIKE A CHOCK AND THE CHOCK THEN DENTS THE R NOSE GEAR DOOR. AN FBO GND CREW MEMBER LEFT THE CHOCKS STANDING UPRIGHT AFTER BEING DISTRACTED BY ANOTHER ACFT'S PARKING PROC.
Narrative: ACFT WAS ON RAMP AT DENVER JET CTR, ENGS RUNNING, GETTING CLRNC. AFTER GETTING PERMISSION TO TAXI FROM APA GND WE HAD TO WAIT FOR A LINE PERSON WHO WAS TRYING TO PARK ANOTHER ACFT ON OUR R SIDE. THE OTHER ACFT DID NOT PARK WHERE DIRECTED AND THE LINE PERSON RAN DOWN TO WHERE IT WAS TRYING TO PARK. WHEN THE LINE PERSON LEFT SHE PUT THE CHOCKS DOWN SHE HAD IN HER HAND, ONLY SHE LEFT THEM STANDING ON END TO THE R OF MY R ENG NACELLE WHERE THEY WERE OUT OF MY LINE OF SIGHT. AS I TURNED R OUT OF MY PARKING SPOT TO TAXI TO THE RWY, MY R PROP CAUGHT THE CHOCK AND TOSSED IT INTO MY NOSE LNDG GEAR DOOR DENTING IT. AN A&P MECH CHKED THE ACFT AND FOUND THE DAMAGE WAS ONLY COSMETIC. I FEEL A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THE INCIDENT WAS THE LINE PERSON SETTING THE CHOCKS DOWN TOO CLOSE TO THE AIRPLANE AND STANDING ON END INSTEAD OF DOWN FLAT WHERE THE PROPS WOULD HAVE PASSED OVER THE TOP OF THEM.
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.