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A B727 while on ground hold requested by the tower the aircraft rolled forward after brake release striking a towbar incurring minor aircraft damage.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 401592 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199805 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ind |
| State Reference | IN |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : holding ground : parked ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 6500 flight time type : 2500 |
| ASRS Report | 401592 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground less severe non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
On the may/xa/98 at XA30, after receiving clearance from ground control, pushback commenced. We were pushed by a ground crew into an alley between terminals. The captain was on the interphone to the pushback ground crew as I communicated with the ground control. ATC cleared inbound company traffic into the gate we had just vacated. Then ATC told us that traffic was taxiing into our gate. I relayed that message to the captain and I heard him remark that he didn't think there was enough room for that aircraft to taxi in to the gate. At about that same time, the aircraft moved forward to what I believed was 1 or 2 ft and ran over a towbar. I did not see the captain release the brakes as I was talking to ATC and looking for inbound traffic.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B727 WHILE ON GND HOLD REQUESTED BY THE TWR THE ACFT ROLLED FORWARD AFTER BRAKE RELEASE STRIKING A TOWBAR INCURRING MINOR ACFT DAMAGE.
Narrative: ON THE MAY/XA/98 AT XA30, AFTER RECEIVING CLRNC FROM GND CTL, PUSHBACK COMMENCED. WE WERE PUSHED BY A GND CREW INTO AN ALLEY BETWEEN TERMINALS. THE CAPT WAS ON THE INTERPHONE TO THE PUSHBACK GND CREW AS I COMMUNICATED WITH THE GND CTL. ATC CLRED INBOUND COMPANY TFC INTO THE GATE WE HAD JUST VACATED. THEN ATC TOLD US THAT TFC WAS TAXIING INTO OUR GATE. I RELAYED THAT MESSAGE TO THE CAPT AND I HEARD HIM REMARK THAT HE DIDN'T THINK THERE WAS ENOUGH ROOM FOR THAT ACFT TO TAXI IN TO THE GATE. AT ABOUT THAT SAME TIME, THE ACFT MOVED FORWARD TO WHAT I BELIEVED WAS 1 OR 2 FT AND RAN OVER A TOWBAR. I DID NOT SEE THE CAPT RELEASE THE BRAKES AS I WAS TALKING TO ATC AND LOOKING FOR INBOUND TFC.
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.