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An MD80 while taxiing to a parking spot with a guide man and 2 wing walkers, struck a blast fence damaging the right wingtip.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 579997 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200304 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Dawn |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance ground : taxi |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| ASRS Report | 579997 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| ASRS Report | 580013 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical conflict : ground critical ground encounters other non adherence : company policies non adherence : published procedure aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | other other : person 2 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
On friday morning about XA00 on apr/fri/03, I was riding the right seat on aircraft at hangar on south ramp. Upon completion of pack automatic shutdown card, while aircraft was taxiing to parking spot, aircraft struck blast fence with right wing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN MD80 WHILE TAXIING TO A PARKING SPOT WITH A GUIDE MAN AND 2 WING WALKERS, STRUCK A BLAST FENCE DAMAGING THE R WINGTIP.
Narrative: ON FRIDAY MORNING ABOUT XA00 ON APR/FRI/03, I WAS RIDING THE R SEAT ON ACFT AT HANGAR ON S RAMP. UPON COMPLETION OF PACK AUTO SHUTDOWN CARD, WHILE ACFT WAS TAXIING TO PARKING SPOT, ACFT STRUCK BLAST FENCE WITH R WING.
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.