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A330-300 crew hit a towbar with a nosewheel when using the visual parking system at the gate.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 606322 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200401 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : phl.airport |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Weather Elements | Ice Snow |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A330 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : multi engine pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 360 flight time total : 25000 flight time type : 1500 |
| ASRS Report | 606322 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe conflict : ground critical ground encounters other inflight encounter : weather non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Company |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
On taxi-in (using visual parking system, gate X), gate entry and taxi-lines were covered with ice/snow. Out of sight of flight deck, towbar contacted nose gear/tire. Contact was entered in maintenance logbook.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A330-300 CREW HIT A TOWBAR WITH A NOSEWHEEL WHEN USING THE VISUAL PARKING SYS AT THE GATE.
Narrative: ON TAXI-IN (USING VISUAL PARKING SYS, GATE X), GATE ENTRY AND TAXI-LINES WERE COVERED WITH ICE/SNOW. OUT OF SIGHT OF FLT DECK, TOWBAR CONTACTED NOSE GEAR/TIRE. CONTACT WAS ENTERED IN MAINT LOGBOOK.
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.