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Attributes | |
ACN | 394883 |
Time | |
Date | 199802 |
Day | Tue |
Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : atl |
State Reference | GA |
Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
Environment | |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
Make Model Name | Fokker 100 |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
Navigation In Use | Other Other |
Flight Phase | ground : parked |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
Qualification | pilot : atp |
ASRS Report | 394883 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : first officer |
Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
ASRS Report | 394960 |
Events | |
Anomaly | other anomaly other |
Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
Resolutory Action | other |
Consequence | other Other |
Supplementary | |
Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
While standing in the cockpit doorway deplaning passenger, I felt 3 distinct and large impacts rock the airplane. Not knowing what had happened, I made a quick PA to the approximately 15 passenger still on board to take a seat until I could determine a safe exit route. The jet bridge had dropped 3 ft below door level. It became apparent after a few seconds that the ground tug had struck the aircraft. I asked if any passenger had been injured by the aircraft motion and all replied they had not. After the jet bridge was safely repositioned, I deplaned the remaining passenger. Station personnel attended to the tug driver and aircraft damage. Supplemental information from acn 394960: during a preflight walkaround, a tow tug was connected to the aircraft (F100 2CW). I had turned away from the plane when the tug engine revved up and the tug began to move forward. I heard a quick series of crash type sounds and when I turned to look at the tug, it had moved forward and run into the lower nose section of the aircraft. The plane and tug sustained major damage. I checked to see the injury status of the driver. He was conscious and being attended to by another ground crewman. I then went up the jet bridge to call for ambulatory help.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: TUG DRIVER LOST CTL OF TUG AND RAMMED INTO THE NOSE OF A PARKED, AND PAX DEPLANING, FOKKER 100 CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH THE ACFT AND TUG. THE CAPT HAD THE PAX RESEATED UNTIL THE JET BRIDGE WAS REPOSITIONED FOR UNLOADING.
Narrative: WHILE STANDING IN THE COCKPIT DOORWAY DEPLANING PAX, I FELT 3 DISTINCT AND LARGE IMPACTS ROCK THE AIRPLANE. NOT KNOWING WHAT HAD HAPPENED, I MADE A QUICK PA TO THE APPROX 15 PAX STILL ON BOARD TO TAKE A SEAT UNTIL I COULD DETERMINE A SAFE EXIT RTE. THE JET BRIDGE HAD DROPPED 3 FT BELOW DOOR LEVEL. IT BECAME APPARENT AFTER A FEW SECONDS THAT THE GND TUG HAD STRUCK THE ACFT. I ASKED IF ANY PAX HAD BEEN INJURED BY THE ACFT MOTION AND ALL REPLIED THEY HAD NOT. AFTER THE JET BRIDGE WAS SAFELY REPOSITIONED, I DEPLANED THE REMAINING PAX. STATION PERSONNEL ATTENDED TO THE TUG DRIVER AND ACFT DAMAGE. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 394960: DURING A PREFLT WALKAROUND, A TOW TUG WAS CONNECTED TO THE ACFT (F100 2CW). I HAD TURNED AWAY FROM THE PLANE WHEN THE TUG ENG REVVED UP AND THE TUG BEGAN TO MOVE FORWARD. I HEARD A QUICK SERIES OF CRASH TYPE SOUNDS AND WHEN I TURNED TO LOOK AT THE TUG, IT HAD MOVED FORWARD AND RUN INTO THE LOWER NOSE SECTION OF THE ACFT. THE PLANE AND TUG SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE. I CHKED TO SEE THE INJURY STATUS OF THE DRIVER. HE WAS CONSCIOUS AND BEING ATTENDED TO BY ANOTHER GND CREWMAN. I THEN WENT UP THE JET BRIDGE TO CALL FOR AMBULATORY HELP.
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.