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International flight crew reports beginning taxi before receiving a clearance from the ground crew and contacting the tow bar with the nose gear.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 919505 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201011 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Widebody Transport |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 230 Flight Crew Total 15500 Flight Crew Type 5500 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 20000 Flight Crew Type 3000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Object |
Narrative:
Last day of a 6 day international trip. After engine start I believe the captain advised to call for taxi. I called ramp and we received taxi clearance. I asked the captain if he wanted me to select flaps 5 and he said yes. Flaps 5 were selected and we began to taxi. We immediately heard a loud 'clonking' noise and the captain braked to a quick stop. Apparently we had not received thumbs up from ground crew and the aircraft nose gear had nudged against the disconnected but not fully removed tow bar. Subsequent investigation verified that there were no injuries to personnel or damage to aircraft. The remainder of the flight was completed without incident. I can not remember if the captain actually reported that he had a 'thumbs up' or not prior to asking for taxi clearance.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: International Flight Crew reports beginning taxi before receiving a clearance from the ground crew and contacting the tow bar with the nose gear.
Narrative: Last day of a 6 day international trip. After engine start I believe the captain advised to call for taxi. I called ramp and we received taxi clearance. I asked the Captain if he wanted me to select flaps 5 and he said yes. Flaps 5 were selected and we began to taxi. We immediately heard a loud 'clonking' noise and the Captain braked to a quick stop. Apparently we had not received thumbs up from ground crew and the aircraft nose gear had nudged against the disconnected but not fully removed tow bar. Subsequent investigation verified that there were no injuries to personnel or damage to aircraft. The remainder of the flight was completed without incident. I can not remember if the Captain actually reported that he had a 'thumbs up' or not prior to asking for taxi clearance.
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.