Air carrier medium large transport damaged when struck by deicing vehicle at ramp.

Attributes
ACN	82502
Time
Date	198802
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : myr
State Reference	SC
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dawn
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : agc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 225 flight time total : 7400 flight time type : 900
ASRS Report	82502
Person 2
Function	other personnel other
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Following de-icing of the aircraft, while the aircraft was parked with engines shutdown, the de-icing unit hit the horizontal stabilizer on the right side of the aircraft when the driver was pulling away. The unit hit the aircraft forcefully, throwing the driver out of the vehicle. The vehicle continued to ram into the stabilizer for approximately 10 seconds until the driver was able to climb back in and regain control. Substantial damage was sustained on the outer portion of the right horizontal stabilizer. The flight was cancelled and the passengers deplaned. Maintenance personnel were flown in to inspect and repair the aircraft. Note: the de-icing was accomplished by only one man, contributing to the likelihood of a mistake.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR MLG DAMAGED WHEN STRUCK BY DEICING VEHICLE AT RAMP.

Narrative: FOLLOWING DE-ICING OF THE ACFT, WHILE THE ACFT WAS PARKED WITH ENGINES SHUTDOWN, THE DE-ICING UNIT HIT THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ACFT WHEN THE DRIVER WAS PULLING AWAY. THE UNIT HIT THE ACFT FORCEFULLY, THROWING THE DRIVER OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO RAM INTO THE STABILIZER FOR APPROX 10 SECONDS UNTIL THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO CLIMB BACK IN AND REGAIN CTL. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED ON THE OUTER PORTION OF THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. THE FLT WAS CANCELLED AND THE PASSENGERS DEPLANED. MAINT PERSONNEL WERE FLOWN IN TO INSPECT AND REPAIR THE ACFT. NOTE: THE DE-ICING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY ONLY ONE MAN, CONTRIBUTING TO THE LIKELIHOOD OF A MISTAKE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.