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Flight crew of an embraer, E120, taxied over a fuel stanchion cover on the ramp when leaving the gate resulting in damage to all 4 blades of 1 propeller.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 375161 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199707 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz |
| State Reference | US |
| 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 | Brasilia EMB-120 All Series |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | other other : other pilot : cfi pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 105 flight time total : 1900 flight time type : 270 |
| ASRS Report | 375161 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 258 flight time total : 11340 flight time type : 7638 |
| ASRS Report | 374906 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Aircraft was parked between gates X and Y with the passenger door facing the terminal. After the passenger deplaned, the door was closed and the start engine signal was given to the ramp agent in front of the aircraft who in turn gave the all clear to start. After starting both engines, the taxi light was flashed to signal ready to taxi. The ramp agent signaled us forward followed by a turn right signal, immediately followed by pointing both wands to the right, signaling all clear. As we started the turn, I looked to the right to make sure the right side and the ramp were clear to proceed. On turning back toward the front, I caught a glimpse of the agent pointing toward the left wing and ducking while at the same time hearing a thud on the left side of the aircraft. We began to turn back toward the terminal to shut down and see what happened. When the head of the ramp came out, she signaled us to continue to the hangar, write a report and call her. At no time did I see a stop signal given. After engine shutdown at the hangar, we saw the damage to the propeller blade tips. Supplemental information from acn 374906: propellers had engaged a fixed fueling stanchion cover.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN EMBRAER, E120, TAXIED OVER A FUEL STANCHION COVER ON THE RAMP WHEN LEAVING THE GATE RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO ALL 4 BLADES OF 1 PROP.
Narrative: ACFT WAS PARKED BTWN GATES X AND Y WITH THE PAX DOOR FACING THE TERMINAL. AFTER THE PAX DEPLANED, THE DOOR WAS CLOSED AND THE START ENG SIGNAL WAS GIVEN TO THE RAMP AGENT IN FRONT OF THE ACFT WHO IN TURN GAVE THE ALL CLR TO START. AFTER STARTING BOTH ENGS, THE TAXI LIGHT WAS FLASHED TO SIGNAL READY TO TAXI. THE RAMP AGENT SIGNALED US FORWARD FOLLOWED BY A TURN R SIGNAL, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY POINTING BOTH WANDS TO THE R, SIGNALING ALL CLR. AS WE STARTED THE TURN, I LOOKED TO THE R TO MAKE SURE THE R SIDE AND THE RAMP WERE CLR TO PROCEED. ON TURNING BACK TOWARD THE FRONT, I CAUGHT A GLIMPSE OF THE AGENT POINTING TOWARD THE L WING AND DUCKING WHILE AT THE SAME TIME HEARING A THUD ON THE L SIDE OF THE ACFT. WE BEGAN TO TURN BACK TOWARD THE TERMINAL TO SHUT DOWN AND SEE WHAT HAPPENED. WHEN THE HEAD OF THE RAMP CAME OUT, SHE SIGNALED US TO CONTINUE TO THE HANGAR, WRITE A RPT AND CALL HER. AT NO TIME DID I SEE A STOP SIGNAL GIVEN. AFTER ENG SHUTDOWN AT THE HANGAR, WE SAW THE DAMAGE TO THE PROP BLADE TIPS. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 374906: PROPS HAD ENGAGED A FIXED FUELING STANCHION COVER.
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.