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A DC8 freighter while being guided onto a gate struck an improperly parked belt loader incurring damage to the #3 engine cowling.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 421064 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199811 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sea |
| State Reference | WA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Dawn |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-8F |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 12500 flight time type : 175 |
| ASRS Report | 421064 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 90 flight time total : 7000 flight time type : 1500 |
| ASRS Report | 421018 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground less severe non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Parking in severe thunderstorm, marshaller and wing walker motioned aircraft into belt loader. Damage to #3 engine cowl and oil cooler door was slight, but required pylon inspection. Damage to belt loader, destroyed steering wheel and driver seat. Marshaller and wing walker continued to request forward aircraft movement even after first officer saw accident and directed me to stop. Cause: ground crew was not watching aircraft taxi into parking (had rain hoods blocking their vision).
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A DC8 FREIGHTER WHILE BEING GUIDED ONTO A GATE STRUCK AN IMPROPERLY PARKED BELT LOADER INCURRING DAMAGE TO THE #3 ENG COWLING.
Narrative: PARKING IN SEVERE TSTM, MARSHALLER AND WING WALKER MOTIONED ACFT INTO BELT LOADER. DAMAGE TO #3 ENG COWL AND OIL COOLER DOOR WAS SLIGHT, BUT REQUIRED PYLON INSPECTION. DAMAGE TO BELT LOADER, DESTROYED STEERING WHEEL AND DRIVER SEAT. MARSHALLER AND WING WALKER CONTINUED TO REQUEST FORWARD ACFT MOVEMENT EVEN AFTER FO SAW ACCIDENT AND DIRECTED ME TO STOP. CAUSE: GND CREW WAS NOT WATCHING ACFT TAXI INTO PARKING (HAD RAIN HOODS BLOCKING THEIR VISION).
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.