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A turboprop aircraft has propeller contact with the jetbridge during parking procedure under the guidance of company marshallers.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 539341 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200202 |
| Day | Thu |
| 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 | SF 340A |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 128 flight time total : 6400 flight time type : 4120 |
| ASRS Report | 539341 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical ground encounters other non adherence : company policies non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
After parking at gate the aircraft was shut down. The right propeller was feathered first, followed by the left propeller. The parking brake had been set and the aircraft did not move except for the usual nose drop after the right propeller was feathered. As the left propeller moved to feather, the jetbridge canopy was sucked into it. Both engines were immediately shut down. No engine fire was detected. Passenger were told to remain seated. After communication with the ramp was established, the door was opened and the aircraft's own onboard airstairs were used for a normal deplaning. Marshallers and wing walkers were used throughout the parking process. Nobody was injured. Contributing factors include: inability to judge the distance from the jetbridge canopy to the propeller arc. Improperly trained ramp personnel, and night operations. My recommendation would be to quit using jetbridges for propeller driven aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A TURBOPROP ACFT HAS PROP CONTACT WITH THE JETBRIDGE DURING PARKING PROC UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF COMPANY MARSHALLERS.
Narrative: AFTER PARKING AT GATE THE ACFT WAS SHUT DOWN. THE R PROP WAS FEATHERED FIRST, FOLLOWED BY THE L PROP. THE PARKING BRAKE HAD BEEN SET AND THE ACFT DID NOT MOVE EXCEPT FOR THE USUAL NOSE DROP AFTER THE R PROP WAS FEATHERED. AS THE L PROP MOVED TO FEATHER, THE JETBRIDGE CANOPY WAS SUCKED INTO IT. BOTH ENGS WERE IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN. NO ENG FIRE WAS DETECTED. PAX WERE TOLD TO REMAIN SEATED. AFTER COM WITH THE RAMP WAS ESTABLISHED, THE DOOR WAS OPENED AND THE ACFT'S OWN ONBOARD AIRSTAIRS WERE USED FOR A NORMAL DEPLANING. MARSHALLERS AND WING WALKERS WERE USED THROUGHOUT THE PARKING PROCESS. NOBODY WAS INJURED. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS INCLUDE: INABILITY TO JUDGE THE DISTANCE FROM THE JETBRIDGE CANOPY TO THE PROP ARC. IMPROPERLY TRAINED RAMP PERSONNEL, AND NIGHT OPS. MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO QUIT USING JETBRIDGES FOR PROP DRIVEN ACFT.
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.