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Leading edge flap of air carrier-widebody transport taxiing for takeoff struck anti collision light of improperly parked small transport extending over clearance line.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 84104 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198803 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sea |
| State Reference | WA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Widebody, Low Wing, 4 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 20000 |
| ASRS Report | 84104 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 0 vertical : 0 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Taxiing out for takeoff at sea, had to move to the left side of ramp to go around aircraft taxiing for another runway. I was taxiing southbound for takeoff on runway 34R. I noticed a parked twin engine commuter aircraft on my left that had its tail extended beyond the white line painted on the ramp. There was a crew member preflting, and as I approached the aircraft, even though the clearance was doubtful, he never gave any indication of whether or not I would clear the aircraft with my left wing tip. When I was convinced that there was not enough clearance, I stopped my aircraft. The light twin was then moved, and I was given my all clear signal. I continued to taxi, and later learned that I had contacted and broken the plastic lens of the twin's anticollision light. There was no damage to my aircraft, only slight scratches on the outboard section of the leading edge flap.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: LEADING EDGE FLAP OF ACR-WDB TAXIING FOR TKOF STRUCK ANTI COLLISION LIGHT OF IMPROPERLY PARKED SMT EXTENDING OVER CLRNC LINE.
Narrative: TAXIING OUT FOR TKOF AT SEA, HAD TO MOVE TO THE LEFT SIDE OF RAMP TO GO AROUND ACFT TAXIING FOR ANOTHER RWY. I WAS TAXIING SBND FOR TKOF ON RWY 34R. I NOTICED A PARKED TWIN ENG COMMUTER ACFT ON MY LEFT THAT HAD ITS TAIL EXTENDED BEYOND THE WHITE LINE PAINTED ON THE RAMP. THERE WAS A CREW MEMBER PREFLTING, AND AS I APCHED THE ACFT, EVEN THOUGH THE CLRNC WAS DOUBTFUL, HE NEVER GAVE ANY INDICATION OF WHETHER OR NOT I WOULD CLR THE ACFT WITH MY LEFT WING TIP. WHEN I WAS CONVINCED THAT THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH CLRNC, I STOPPED MY ACFT. THE LIGHT TWIN WAS THEN MOVED, AND I WAS GIVEN MY ALL CLR SIGNAL. I CONTINUED TO TAXI, AND LATER LEARNED THAT I HAD CONTACTED AND BROKEN THE PLASTIC LENS OF THE TWIN'S ANTICOLLISION LIGHT. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO MY ACFT, ONLY SLIGHT SCRATCHES ON THE OUTBOARD SECTION OF THE LEADING EDGE FLAP.
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.