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Left wing tip of air carrier-medium large transport hit nose of air carrier-large transport during pushback by company tug.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 92762 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198808 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dca |
| State Reference | DC |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 120 |
| ASRS Report | 92762 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Our aircraft was being pushed back from gate at dca for departure. Motorized tug used for aircraft ground movement was in front of our aircraft with tow bar connected to the nose landing gear. Engines were not running, pushback clearance had been received and tug driver was in control of our aircraft movement. Soon after pushback began, aircraft stopped. Tug driver informed flight crew that the left wing of our aircraft had struck the nose (radome) of an large transport which was parked on the ramp behind our aircraft. Minor damage sustained to nose of large transport and trailing edge wing tip of our left wing. Our flight operated as normal with only slight delay.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: LEFT WING TIP OF ACR-MLG HIT NOSE OF ACR-LGT DURING PUSHBACK BY COMPANY TUG.
Narrative: OUR ACFT WAS BEING PUSHED BACK FROM GATE AT DCA FOR DEP. MOTORIZED TUG USED FOR ACFT GND MOVEMENT WAS IN FRONT OF OUR ACFT WITH TOW BAR CONNECTED TO THE NOSE LNDG GEAR. ENGS WERE NOT RUNNING, PUSHBACK CLRNC HAD BEEN RECEIVED AND TUG DRIVER WAS IN CTL OF OUR ACFT MOVEMENT. SOON AFTER PUSHBACK BEGAN, ACFT STOPPED. TUG DRIVER INFORMED FLT CREW THAT THE LEFT WING OF OUR ACFT HAD STRUCK THE NOSE (RADOME) OF AN LGT WHICH WAS PARKED ON THE RAMP BEHIND OUR ACFT. MINOR DAMAGE SUSTAINED TO NOSE OF LGT AND TRAILING EDGE WING TIP OF OUR LEFT WING. OUR FLT OPERATED AS NORMAL WITH ONLY SLIGHT DELAY.
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.