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B737-400 damaged during pushback after left wing struck ladder and the ladder slid across the aileron, trim tab, tab fairing and flap. Maintenance grounded aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 426892 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199901 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pdx |
| State Reference | OR |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 426892 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other Other |
Narrative:
Ground crew advised 'walkaround complete' indicating they had walked around aircraft to check for any open doors or pushback hazards. We released brakes and 'cleared to push' per our procedures. Aircraft went back 10 ft and hit a ladder with left aft wing. We held our position, set brakes, called for maintenance to inspect. They grounded aircraft. Damage to aileron, trim tab, tab fairing, and flap, because ladder slid along trailing edge as aircraft backed up. Pushback crew did not have wing walker as specified by company procedure.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737-400 DAMAGED DURING PUSHBACK AFTER L WING STRUCK LADDER AND THE LADDER SLID ACROSS THE AILERON, TRIM TAB, TAB FAIRING AND FLAP. MAINT GNDED ACFT.
Narrative: GND CREW ADVISED 'WALKAROUND COMPLETE' INDICATING THEY HAD WALKED AROUND ACFT TO CHK FOR ANY OPEN DOORS OR PUSHBACK HAZARDS. WE RELEASED BRAKES AND 'CLRED TO PUSH' PER OUR PROCS. ACFT WENT BACK 10 FT AND HIT A LADDER WITH L AFT WING. WE HELD OUR POS, SET BRAKES, CALLED FOR MAINT TO INSPECT. THEY GNDED ACFT. DAMAGE TO AILERON, TRIM TAB, TAB FAIRING, AND FLAP, BECAUSE LADDER SLID ALONG TRAILING EDGE AS ACFT BACKED UP. PUSHBACK CREW DID NOT HAVE WING WALKER AS SPECIFIED BY COMPANY PROC.
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.