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A commercial fixed wing medium to large aircraft incurred damage to the left wingtip when striking an improperly parked food truck. The aircraft was being guided on to a gate with a marshaller and 2 wing walkers.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 429678 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199902 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : cle.airport |
| State Reference | OH |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : mke.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 2000 |
| ASRS Report | 429678 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ground encounters : vehicle non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far non adherence : company policies |
| Independent Detector | other other : person 4 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
During final few ft of taxi in to gate area, aircraft struck a catering truck with left wingtip. Taxi speed was normal (slow walk), wing walkers were on each side, and nose marshaller was signaling for aircraft to continue ahead. Collision occurred just before final parking spot with nose on centerline. Likely, the jetway itself obscured the nose guideman such that he could not see the wing walker or catering truck.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A COMMERCIAL FIXED WING MEDIUM TO LARGE ACFT INCURRED DAMAGE TO THE L WINGTIP WHEN STRIKING AN IMPROPERLY PARKED FOOD TRUCK. THE ACFT WAS BEING GUIDED ON TO A GATE WITH A MARSHALLER AND 2 WING WALKERS.
Narrative: DURING FINAL FEW FT OF TAXI IN TO GATE AREA, ACFT STRUCK A CATERING TRUCK WITH L WINGTIP. TAXI SPD WAS NORMAL (SLOW WALK), WING WALKERS WERE ON EACH SIDE, AND NOSE MARSHALLER WAS SIGNALING FOR ACFT TO CONTINUE AHEAD. COLLISION OCCURRED JUST BEFORE FINAL PARKING SPOT WITH NOSE ON CTRLINE. LIKELY, THE JETWAY ITSELF OBSCURED THE NOSE GUIDEMAN SUCH THAT HE COULD NOT SEE THE WING WALKER OR CATERING TRUCK.
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.