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A DC9-10 while taxiing using a guide man and wing walkers struck a parked B747 wingtip incurring damage to the rudder.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 386656 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199711 |
| Day | Tue |
| 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 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : bos |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-10 10 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B747 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 110 |
| ASRS Report | 386656 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical 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 | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
While being ground handled at night with lights and several wing walkers and observers, ground handler turned us very sharply and our tail (rudder) hit the wingtip of a parked B747. Main ground handler lost sight of his wing walkers and observers as he was moving to stay in front of us. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter said the guide man was out of sight of the wing walkers during the turning movement.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A DC9-10 WHILE TAXIING USING A GUIDE MAN AND WING WALKERS STRUCK A PARKED B747 WINGTIP INCURRING DAMAGE TO THE RUDDER.
Narrative: WHILE BEING GND HANDLED AT NIGHT WITH LIGHTS AND SEVERAL WING WALKERS AND OBSERVERS, GND HANDLER TURNED US VERY SHARPLY AND OUR TAIL (RUDDER) HIT THE WINGTIP OF A PARKED B747. MAIN GND HANDLER LOST SIGHT OF HIS WING WALKERS AND OBSERVERS AS HE WAS MOVING TO STAY IN FRONT OF US. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR SAID THE GUIDE MAN WAS OUT OF SIGHT OF THE WING WALKERS DURING THE TURNING MOVEMENT.
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.