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A DC9 flight crew is startled when an unmanned fuel truck hits their aircraft while awaiting taxi off the ramp at dtw, mi.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 458518 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199912 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dtw.airport |
| State Reference | MI |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-9 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : holding |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 400 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 2000 |
| ASRS Report | 458518 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical ground encounters : vehicle non adherence : company policies non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other other other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
While waiting to taxi, our DC9 was struck in the aft right fuselage, damaging the trailing wing and fuselage. The aircraft was hit by an unmanned fuel truck which had rolled across the ramp until it hit our aircraft. There were no reported injuries and all passenger were escorted down the forward stairs and led back into the terminal.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A DC9 FLC IS STARTLED WHEN AN UNMANNED FUEL TRUCK HITS THEIR ACFT WHILE AWAITING TAXI OFF THE RAMP AT DTW, MI.
Narrative: WHILE WAITING TO TAXI, OUR DC9 WAS STRUCK IN THE AFT R FUSELAGE, DAMAGING THE TRAILING WING AND FUSELAGE. THE ACFT WAS HIT BY AN UNMANNED FUEL TRUCK WHICH HAD ROLLED ACROSS THE RAMP UNTIL IT HIT OUR ACFT. THERE WERE NO RPTED INJURIES AND ALL PAX WERE ESCORTED DOWN THE FORWARD STAIRS AND LED BACK INTO THE TERMINAL.
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.