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A commercial fixed wing aircraft while parked at a gate was damaged by an overturned baggage cart caused by the jet blast from a B727 on a pwrback operation.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 396850 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199803 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dfw |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : ord |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight ground other : taxi other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| ASRS Report | 396850 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | 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:
Captain was accused of excessive use of power during pwrback by ground crew when baggage fell into an aircraft. After completion of flight xyz from dfw-cle, we were informed that a baggage cart was turned over and hit another aircraft during our pwrback at dfw. I observed normal pwrback procedures and detected no excessive use of during taxi out by my captain. It might be in the best interest of the dfw ramp manager to review gate xx for new departure procedures.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A COMMERCIAL FIXED WING ACFT WHILE PARKED AT A GATE WAS DAMAGED BY AN OVERTURNED BAGGAGE CART CAUSED BY THE JET BLAST FROM A B727 ON A PWRBACK OP.
Narrative: CAPT WAS ACCUSED OF EXCESSIVE USE OF PWR DURING PWRBACK BY GND CREW WHEN BAGGAGE FELL INTO AN ACFT. AFTER COMPLETION OF FLT XYZ FROM DFW-CLE, WE WERE INFORMED THAT A BAGGAGE CART WAS TURNED OVER AND HIT ANOTHER ACFT DURING OUR PWRBACK AT DFW. I OBSERVED NORMAL PWRBACK PROCS AND DETECTED NO EXCESSIVE USE OF DURING TAXI OUT BY MY CAPT. IT MIGHT BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE DFW RAMP MGR TO REVIEW GATE XX FOR NEW DEP PROCS.
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.