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A B757 was pushed back from the terminal and towed to the engine start spot. Towbar disconnected. Guidance released aircraft. Aircraft struck tow bar incurring nose gear tire damage.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 630090 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200409 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi ground : pushback |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 6500 flight time type : 3200 |
| ASRS Report | 630090 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical conflict : ground critical ground encounters other non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
We were pushed back from gate at ZZZ and towed to the spot. Both engines were started. Ground personnel said the towbar was disconnected. The captain said to me that we have a release from guidance and told me to contact ground metering. I called ground metering and received clearance to taxi. I told the captain about our taxi clearance and he then proceeded to taxi. At that point there was a rough bumping sensation and the captain applied the brakes. We then were informed that we ran over the towbar. We were told that there was damage to the #1 nose gear tire and would be towed back to the gate.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757 WAS PUSHED BACK FROM THE TERMINAL AND TOWED TO THE ENG START SPOT. TOWBAR DISCONNECTED. GUIDANCE RELEASED ACFT. ACFT STRUCK TOW BAR INCURRING NOSE GEAR TIRE DAMAGE.
Narrative: WE WERE PUSHED BACK FROM GATE AT ZZZ AND TOWED TO THE SPOT. BOTH ENGS WERE STARTED. GND PERSONNEL SAID THE TOWBAR WAS DISCONNECTED. THE CAPT SAID TO ME THAT WE HAVE A RELEASE FROM GUIDANCE AND TOLD ME TO CONTACT GND METERING. I CALLED GND METERING AND RECEIVED CLRNC TO TAXI. I TOLD THE CAPT ABOUT OUR TAXI CLRNC AND HE THEN PROCEEDED TO TAXI. AT THAT POINT THERE WAS A ROUGH BUMPING SENSATION AND THE CAPT APPLIED THE BRAKES. WE THEN WERE INFORMED THAT WE RAN OVER THE TOWBAR. WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE #1 NOSE GEAR TIRE AND WOULD BE TOWED BACK TO THE GATE.
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.