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An atx small aircraft freight pilot taxied into a box of freight that had been left on the ramp. No report of amount of damage to the aircraft propeller.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 372027 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199706 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ak45 |
| State Reference | AK |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 1500 flight time type : 30 |
| ASRS Report | 372027 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : insufficient time |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation other |
Narrative:
Upon taxiing for departure on the ramp at tununak, ak, I struck a box on the ramp. The problem arose from freight left on the ramp and me not checking the ramp environment thoroughly enough. My corrective action is to more thoroughly check ramp and taxi environments in the future.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ATX SMA FREIGHT PLT TAXIED INTO A BOX OF FREIGHT THAT HAD BEEN LEFT ON THE RAMP. NO RPT OF AMOUNT OF DAMAGE TO THE ACFT PROP.
Narrative: UPON TAXIING FOR DEP ON THE RAMP AT TUNUNAK, AK, I STRUCK A BOX ON THE RAMP. THE PROB AROSE FROM FREIGHT LEFT ON THE RAMP AND ME NOT CHKING THE RAMP ENVIRONMENT THOROUGHLY ENOUGH. MY CORRECTIVE ACTION IS TO MORE THOROUGHLY CHK RAMP AND TAXI ENVIRONMENTS IN THE FUTURE.
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.