FK28 noted contact with tug upon power up for initial taxi out after receiving clearance from ground...

Attributes
ACN	424578
Time
Date	199901
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	F28 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Phase	ground : preflight ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 4400 flight time type : 600
ASRS Report	424578
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

After pushback and during engine start the ground crew announced all clear to taxi. During initial power up a thud from the nose gear was felt and heard. We stopped and after a short moment the tug was seen pulling away from the nose of the aircraft. The tug could not be seen from the cockpit because its flag was missing. The ground crew gave the all clear and disconnected prior to the tug being cleared. We were already frustrated by late boarding and slow ground crew response time. Just wanted to leave that hub and were rushing when incident occurred. Factors to be considered: lack of awareness -- flight crew: poor coordination. Ground crew: lack of proper procedure. Ground crew: no damage to crew or ground tug.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FK28 NOTED CONTACT WITH TUG UPON PWR UP FOR INITIAL TAXI OUT AFTER RECEIVING CLRNC FROM GND CREW TO TAXI.

Narrative: AFTER PUSHBACK AND DURING ENG START THE GND CREW ANNOUNCED ALL CLR TO TAXI. DURING INITIAL PWR UP A THUD FROM THE NOSE GEAR WAS FELT AND HEARD. WE STOPPED AND AFTER A SHORT MOMENT THE TUG WAS SEEN PULLING AWAY FROM THE NOSE OF THE ACFT. THE TUG COULD NOT BE SEEN FROM THE COCKPIT BECAUSE ITS FLAG WAS MISSING. THE GND CREW GAVE THE ALL CLR AND DISCONNECTED PRIOR TO THE TUG BEING CLRED. WE WERE ALREADY FRUSTRATED BY LATE BOARDING AND SLOW GND CREW RESPONSE TIME. JUST WANTED TO LEAVE THAT HUB AND WERE RUSHING WHEN INCIDENT OCCURRED. FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED: LACK OF AWARENESS -- FLC: POOR COORD. GND CREW: LACK OF PROPER PROC. GND CREW: NO DAMAGE TO CREW OR GND TUG.

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.

FK28 noted contact with tug upon power up for initial taxi out after receiving clearance from ground crew to taxi.