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Right wingtip of saab 340 strikes portable passenger loading ramp without warning from ramp guidance person or either wing walker at dfw.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 457990 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199912 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dfw.airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Saab-Scania Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi ground other : close quarter parking |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 6700 |
| ASRS Report | 457990 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 152 flight time total : 3253 flight time type : 332 |
| ASRS Report | 457669 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical ground encounters : vehicle ground encounters other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Environmental Factor Flight Crew Human Performance Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft Company |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
Per the guide man's directions, started left turn into parking pad. First officer was watching wing walker on right wing. Right wing hit the portable jetbridge, then the guide man gave the stop signal. Per the first officer, the wing walker was giving the signal that the right wing was clear and never gave the stop signal to the guide man or first officer.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: R WINGTIP OF SAAB 340 STRIKES PORTABLE PAX LOADING RAMP WITHOUT WARNING FROM RAMP GUIDANCE PERSON OR EITHER WING WALKER AT DFW.
Narrative: PER THE GUIDE MAN'S DIRECTIONS, STARTED L TURN INTO PARKING PAD. FO WAS WATCHING WING WALKER ON R WING. R WING HIT THE PORTABLE JETBRIDGE, THEN THE GUIDE MAN GAVE THE STOP SIGNAL. PER THE FO, THE WING WALKER WAS GIVING THE SIGNAL THAT THE R WING WAS CLR AND NEVER GAVE THE STOP SIGNAL TO THE GUIDE MAN OR FO.
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.