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An A319 first officer reported taxiing before clear of men and equipment after pushback; resulting in contact.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 873753 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201001 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 80 Flight Crew Total 12000 Flight Crew Type 2200 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
Inbound flight was late due to lack of available gate. During pushback from gate the ground crew informed captain that some hand signals would be used although the ground crew had been communicating with the captain via interphone. First; then second engines were started. About the time the second engine stabilized the ground crew attempted to communicate with the captain again via intercom to call operations. We did. They asked us to try and find a wallet that an inbound passenger forgot on board. We contacted the cabin. They could not find the wallet. We advised operations. This took several minutes. After this was complete the captain asked for taxi clearance. We received taxi instructions. As the nose gear began to turn we heard a loud bang. The captain instructed me to shut down both engines. The captain asked the ground crew if anyone had been hurt. They said no. The captain asked me to request assistance and emergency personnel from operations. I did not see a tug or ground personnel when the captain asked for taxi clearance. The concern for on time; inability to communicate with ground crew; and not following SOP lead to this incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An A319 First Officer reported taxiing before clear of men and equipment after pushback; resulting in contact.
Narrative: Inbound flight was late due to lack of available gate. During pushback from gate the ground crew informed Captain that some hand signals would be used although the ground crew had been communicating with the Captain via interphone. First; then second engines were started. About the time the second engine stabilized the ground crew attempted to communicate with the Captain again via intercom to call operations. We did. They asked us to try and find a wallet that an inbound passenger forgot on board. We contacted the cabin. They could not find the wallet. We advised operations. This took several minutes. After this was complete the Captain asked for taxi clearance. We received taxi instructions. As the nose gear began to turn we heard a loud bang. The Captain instructed me to shut down both engines. The Captain asked the ground crew if anyone had been hurt. They said no. The Captain asked me to request assistance and emergency personnel from operations. I did not see a tug or ground personnel when the Captain asked for taxi clearance. The concern for on time; inability to communicate with ground crew; and not following SOP lead to this incident.
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.