Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 27 February 1983
Aircraft Type: Boeing 727-276 Advanced
Owner/operator: Trans Australia Airlines – TAA
Registration Number: VH-TBI
Location: Adelaide Airport, SA (ADL) –
ÿ Australia
Phase of Flight: Taxi
Status: Substantial, repaired
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 129
Component Affected: Aircraft WingAircraft Wing
Investigating Agency: BASIBASI
Category: Accident
An aircraft struck a fuel tanker while taxiing on a marked taxiway. The aircraft?s port wing impacted the tanker approximately 15 meters from the center line and two meters from the wing tip, due to insufficient distance markings between the taxiway and the tanker. The presence of ongoing works in the area contributed to the situation.An aircraft struck a fuel tanker while taxiing on a marked taxiway. The aircraft?s port wing impacted the tanker approximately 15 meters from the center line and two meters from the wing tip, due to insufficient distance markings between the taxiway and the tanker. The presence of ongoing works in the area contributed to the situation.
Description
The aircraft was using a taxiway which had a row of cones positioned about 11.5 m from the centre-line to indicate a step in the sealed surface. The pilot saw a fuel tanker parked some distance away from the cones, but, assuming that the cones were taxiway clearance markers, continued to taxi along the centre-line. The port wing struck the top of the tanker about 15 m from the aircraft centre-line and about two metres from the wing tip. There were works in progress in the area of the occurrence. Tanker drivers were required to park their vehicles not closer than 24 m to the centre-line of the taxiway, but there was no visual delineation of this distance.
Primary Cause
Insufficient distance markings on the taxiway, leading to a potential misjudgment of the aircraft?s clearance.Insufficient distance markings on the taxiway, leading to a potential misjudgment of the aircraft?s clearance.Share on:
