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Air carrier flight crew reports damage to left wing tip after contact with chain link fence during taxi in on dark ramp at csg.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 852560 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200909 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | CSG.Airport |
| State Reference | GA |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Event / Encounter Object |
Narrative:
After landing from a visual approach on runway 24 (first officer flying) I took the controls to taxi the aircraft to the gate. I exited runway at delta then alpha taxiways. As I turned; I saw the marshaller signaling me to the gate and directed my attention to her. As I lined up with her; I turned off the nose light; so as not to blind her and taxied in. I noticed something off to my left side as there was no wing walker and realized that the left wing of the aircraft had brushed up against a chain link fence that I never saw. I immediately stopped the aircraft and we deplaned the passengers.the ramp area is extremely dark and I saw no taxi lines. This fence and the surrounding area is not illuminated. It protrudes at an angle to the line I had chosen to taxi towards the marshaler. I pointed the nose of the aircraft towards the marshaler since they use a swing gate and I wanted to be perpendicular to it. I was still pretty far away so the 'wing walker' was not in the picture as I taxied in. I never saw the fence until I looked off my left wing and saw the tip in the fence. I stopped the airplane; set the brake; and shut it down. The station deplaned the passengers. Reflective material on the fence or better lighting for the entire ramp area. Prohibit taxi in this area at night.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier flight crew reports damage to left wing tip after contact with chain link fence during taxi in on dark ramp at CSG.
Narrative: After landing from a visual approach on Runway 24 (First Officer flying) I took the controls to taxi the aircraft to the gate. I exited runway at Delta then Alpha taxiways. As I turned; I saw the Marshaller signaling me to the gate and directed my attention to her. As I lined up with her; I turned off the nose light; so as not to blind her and taxied in. I noticed something off to my left side as there was no wing walker and realized that the left wing of the aircraft had brushed up against a chain link fence that I never saw. I immediately stopped the aircraft and we deplaned the passengers.The ramp area is extremely dark and I saw no taxi lines. This fence and the surrounding area is not illuminated. It protrudes at an angle to the line I had chosen to taxi towards the marshaler. I pointed the nose of the aircraft towards the marshaler since they use a swing gate and I wanted to be perpendicular to it. I was still pretty far away so the 'wing walker' was not in the picture as I taxied in. I never saw the fence until I looked off my left wing and saw the tip in the fence. I stopped the airplane; set the brake; and shut it down. The station deplaned the passengers. Reflective material on the fence or better lighting for the entire ramp area. Prohibit taxi in this area at night.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.