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Marshall, and wing walkers, give taxi directions that caused aircraft to strike a perimeter barrier with wing. Flight crew did not notice contact with the barrier. Marshall and wing walkers failed to notify flight crew on damage to wing. Uninvolved ground person notified tower of damage for relay to flight crew.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 431383 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199903 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| State Reference | FO |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-8 70 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : second officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 100 |
| ASRS Report | 431383 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe ground encounters other |
| Independent Detector | other other : 6 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
During taxi out under direction of marshaller and wing walkers, the right wingtip sustained damage. The marshaller, after directing the aircraft into a perimeter barrier, gave no indication to the crew that anything had occurred. The crew did not feel or hear anything unusual and were unaware that the aircraft had contacted the barrier. The marshaller, apparently trying to avoid blame, continued to direct the aircraft out of the line area and released it for flight. An uninvolved ramp worker who observed the occurrence took it upon himself to call the tower who in turn notified the crew of the aircraft and the aircraft returned to the line for repairs. Conclusions: operations in third world nations are not nearly as safe or standardized as those in the united states. Untrained and underpaid airport workers have the potential to put united states register aircraft at risk without the knowledge of the crew, and this situation should be improved.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MARSHALL, AND WING WALKERS, GIVE TAXI DIRECTIONS THAT CAUSED ACFT TO STRIKE A PERIMETER BARRIER WITH WING. FLC DID NOT NOTICE CONTACT WITH THE BARRIER. MARSHALL AND WING WALKERS FAILED TO NOTIFY FLC ON DAMAGE TO WING. UNINVOLVED GND PERSON NOTIFIED TWR OF DAMAGE FOR RELAY TO FLC.
Narrative: DURING TAXI OUT UNDER DIRECTION OF MARSHALLER AND WING WALKERS, THE R WINGTIP SUSTAINED DAMAGE. THE MARSHALLER, AFTER DIRECTING THE ACFT INTO A PERIMETER BARRIER, GAVE NO INDICATION TO THE CREW THAT ANYTHING HAD OCCURRED. THE CREW DID NOT FEEL OR HEAR ANYTHING UNUSUAL AND WERE UNAWARE THAT THE ACFT HAD CONTACTED THE BARRIER. THE MARSHALLER, APPARENTLY TRYING TO AVOID BLAME, CONTINUED TO DIRECT THE ACFT OUT OF THE LINE AREA AND RELEASED IT FOR FLT. AN UNINVOLVED RAMP WORKER WHO OBSERVED THE OCCURRENCE TOOK IT UPON HIMSELF TO CALL THE TWR WHO IN TURN NOTIFIED THE CREW OF THE ACFT AND THE ACFT RETURNED TO THE LINE FOR REPAIRS. CONCLUSIONS: OPS IN THIRD WORLD NATIONS ARE NOT NEARLY AS SAFE OR STANDARDIZED AS THOSE IN THE UNITED STATES. UNTRAINED AND UNDERPAID ARPT WORKERS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PUT UNITED STATES REGISTER ACFT AT RISK WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE CREW, AND THIS SIT SHOULD BE IMPROVED.
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.