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An md super 80 incurred wingtip damage while being guided into a gate with a guide man and wing walkers with lighted wands.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 401732 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199805 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 401732 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| ASRS Report | 401731 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| 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:
Established on taxiway C heading west, right turn commenced to gate xy taxi line. Wing walkers were in position with lighted wands. Marshaller gave the come forward signal. 10 ft from parking position, marshaller gave stop signal. Aircraft stopped immediately. After a short delay aircraft taxied to parking position. Right wingtip damage noted on postflt.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN MD SUPER 80 INCURRED WINGTIP DAMAGE WHILE BEING GUIDED INTO A GATE WITH A GUIDE MAN AND WING WALKERS WITH LIGHTED WANDS.
Narrative: ESTABLISHED ON TXWY C HEADING W, R TURN COMMENCED TO GATE XY TAXI LINE. WING WALKERS WERE IN POS WITH LIGHTED WANDS. MARSHALLER GAVE THE COME FORWARD SIGNAL. 10 FT FROM PARKING POS, MARSHALLER GAVE STOP SIGNAL. ACFT STOPPED IMMEDIATELY. AFTER A SHORT DELAY ACFT TAXIED TO PARKING POS. R WINGTIP DAMAGE NOTED ON POSTFLT.
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.