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Reporter observed a tug collide with lavatory service truck and several support vehicles speeding behind an aircraft pwring back.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 426592 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199901 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dfw |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| ASRS Report | 426592 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical non adherence other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Location: dfw ramp. While waiting for gate, the crew witness tug hit a lavatory service truck in the left rear quarter panel. The lavatory truck was leaking blue fluid. This occurred behind aircraft pwring back. The wing walkers were not stopping traffic behind the power back and the tug and truck were swinging wide to pass behind the airplane. The wing walkers were not watching traffic, they were looking forward at the nose of the aircraft, not clearing behind it. The crew also witnessed a pickup cut off a flight coming out. The truck was traveling in excess of 50 mph. People or aircraft are being hurt/damaged, which can be prevented. Chief pilot and ramp manager employee safety were notified.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: RPTR OBSERVED A TUG COLLIDE WITH LAVATORY SVC TRUCK AND SEVERAL SUPPORT VEHICLES SPDING BEHIND AN ACFT PWRING BACK.
Narrative: LOCATION: DFW RAMP. WHILE WAITING FOR GATE, THE CREW WITNESS TUG HIT A LAVATORY SVC TRUCK IN THE L REAR QUARTER PANEL. THE LAVATORY TRUCK WAS LEAKING BLUE FLUID. THIS OCCURRED BEHIND ACFT PWRING BACK. THE WING WALKERS WERE NOT STOPPING TFC BEHIND THE PWR BACK AND THE TUG AND TRUCK WERE SWINGING WIDE TO PASS BEHIND THE AIRPLANE. THE WING WALKERS WERE NOT WATCHING TFC, THEY WERE LOOKING FORWARD AT THE NOSE OF THE ACFT, NOT CLRING BEHIND IT. THE CREW ALSO WITNESSED A PICKUP CUT OFF A FLT COMING OUT. THE TRUCK WAS TRAVELING IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. PEOPLE OR ACFT ARE BEING HURT/DAMAGED, WHICH CAN BE PREVENTED. CHIEF PLT AND RAMP MGR EMPLOYEE SAFETY WERE NOTIFIED.
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.