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Vehicle driver pushes aircraft out of gate and hits another aircraft holding for taxi out causing damage to both aircraft's empennage.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 445605 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199908 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dtw.airport |
| State Reference | MI |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 119 |
| Flight Phase | ground : holding |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 2500 flight time type : 1000 |
| ASRS Report | 445605 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical ground encounters other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : 3 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
While awaiting taxi clearance, ground personnel pushed another aircraft into our aircraft. The rudder of the other aircraft contacted our horizontal stabilizer causing damage to both. At the time, our aircraft was parked with the parking brake engaged and all exterior lighting operating normally. Neither I nor the captain saw the other aircraft prior to contact, due to the other aircraft's position relative to our field of view. The main causes for the occurrence were the lack of wing walkers during the pushback operation along with night conditions. Corrective action would require the use of wing walkers during pushback at night.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: VEHICLE DRIVER PUSHES ACFT OUT OF GATE AND HITS ANOTHER ACFT HOLDING FOR TAXI OUT CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH ACFT'S EMPENNAGE.
Narrative: WHILE AWAITING TAXI CLRNC, GND PERSONNEL PUSHED ANOTHER ACFT INTO OUR ACFT. THE RUDDER OF THE OTHER ACFT CONTACTED OUR HORIZ STABILIZER CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH. AT THE TIME, OUR ACFT WAS PARKED WITH THE PARKING BRAKE ENGAGED AND ALL EXTERIOR LIGHTING OPERATING NORMALLY. NEITHER I NOR THE CAPT SAW THE OTHER ACFT PRIOR TO CONTACT, DUE TO THE OTHER ACFT'S POS RELATIVE TO OUR FIELD OF VIEW. THE MAIN CAUSES FOR THE OCCURRENCE WERE THE LACK OF WING WALKERS DURING THE PUSHBACK OP ALONG WITH NIGHT CONDITIONS. CORRECTIVE ACTION WOULD REQUIRE THE USE OF WING WALKERS DURING PUSHBACK AT NIGHT.
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.