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A commercial fixed wing medium large transport aircraft during pushback operation from the departure gate struck a belt loader improperly parked in a restr area incurring damage to the aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 422965 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199812 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : msy |
| State Reference | LA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zdv |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 160 flight time total : 3500 flight time type : 130 |
| ASRS Report | 422965 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 3100 |
| ASRS Report | 422967 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
10-15 seconds after initial pushback, the airplane came to an abrupt stop. The captain was told to set brakes and he did. The tug driver told the captain he had struck a belt loader parked behind the airplane. After coordinating with the proper people, the aircraft was pulled back to the gate and the passenger deplaned.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A COMMERCIAL FIXED WING MLG ACFT DURING PUSHBACK OP FROM THE DEP GATE STRUCK A BELT LOADER IMPROPERLY PARKED IN A RESTR AREA INCURRING DAMAGE TO THE ACFT.
Narrative: 10-15 SECONDS AFTER INITIAL PUSHBACK, THE AIRPLANE CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP. THE CAPT WAS TOLD TO SET BRAKES AND HE DID. THE TUG DRIVER TOLD THE CAPT HE HAD STRUCK A BELT LOADER PARKED BEHIND THE AIRPLANE. AFTER COORDINATING WITH THE PROPER PEOPLE, THE ACFT WAS PULLED BACK TO THE GATE AND THE PAX DEPLANED.
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.