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A DC9-10 while being guided on to a gate struck a container loader incurring damage to the left wingtip.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 380326 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199709 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dtw |
| State Reference | MI |
| 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 | DC-9 10 |
| 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 : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 13600 flight time type : 1400 |
| ASRS Report | 380326 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 6500 flight time type : 200 |
| ASRS Report | 380691 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe conflict : ground less severe non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
After uneventful landing and taxi, a turn was made into gate xz. After quick scan of an apparently clear gate area (safety zone), I (captain) focused on the yellow nosewheel line and the signals of the marshaller. The marshaller signaled us in routinely to what seemed to be a normal parking and setting of brakes. After the agent opened the door, a mechanic (or ramp person) stepped into the cockpit to inform the flight crew that the left wingtip had brushed up against a container loader that was positioned between gates xz and xy. We were quite surprised at this since we neither felt nor heard (nor did the flight attendants) anything unusual and the fact that we received no stop signal or warning from the marshaller or other assorted ramp personnel in the area. I went outside to inspect and found a couple of small shallow dents on the left wingtip in addition to some yellow paint specks scraped off the container loader. In total, the visual external damage seemed very minimal. The aircraft was inspected and returned to line flying approximately 1 1/2 hours later.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A DC9-10 WHILE BEING GUIDED ON TO A GATE STRUCK A CONTAINER LOADER INCURRING DAMAGE TO THE L WINGTIP.
Narrative: AFTER UNEVENTFUL LNDG AND TAXI, A TURN WAS MADE INTO GATE XZ. AFTER QUICK SCAN OF AN APPARENTLY CLR GATE AREA (SAFETY ZONE), I (CAPT) FOCUSED ON THE YELLOW NOSEWHEEL LINE AND THE SIGNALS OF THE MARSHALLER. THE MARSHALLER SIGNALED US IN ROUTINELY TO WHAT SEEMED TO BE A NORMAL PARKING AND SETTING OF BRAKES. AFTER THE AGENT OPENED THE DOOR, A MECH (OR RAMP PERSON) STEPPED INTO THE COCKPIT TO INFORM THE FLC THAT THE L WINGTIP HAD BRUSHED UP AGAINST A CONTAINER LOADER THAT WAS POSITIONED BTWN GATES XZ AND XY. WE WERE QUITE SURPRISED AT THIS SINCE WE NEITHER FELT NOR HEARD (NOR DID THE FLT ATTENDANTS) ANYTHING UNUSUAL AND THE FACT THAT WE RECEIVED NO STOP SIGNAL OR WARNING FROM THE MARSHALLER OR OTHER ASSORTED RAMP PERSONNEL IN THE AREA. I WENT OUTSIDE TO INSPECT AND FOUND A COUPLE OF SMALL SHALLOW DENTS ON THE L WINGTIP IN ADDITION TO SOME YELLOW PAINT SPECKS SCRAPED OFF THE CONTAINER LOADER. IN TOTAL, THE VISUAL EXTERNAL DAMAGE SEEMED VERY MINIMAL. THE ACFT WAS INSPECTED AND RETURNED TO LINE FLYING APPROX 1 1/2 HRS LATER.
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.