AN ATX LTT PLT ROLLED INTO A HANGAR WITH HIS ENGS SHUT DOWN. AN FAA INSPECTOR THOUGHT THAT THE RPTR TAXIED INTO THE HANGAR.

1992-11 · NASA ASRS report 226083

Date: 1992-11 · Aircraft: Light Transport; Low Wing; 2 Turbojet Eng

Anomalies: other-no-specific-anomaly-occurred|other-unspecified

Synopsis

AN ATX LTT PLT ROLLED INTO A HANGAR WITH HIS ENGS SHUT DOWN. AN FAA INSPECTOR THOUGHT THAT THE RPTR TAXIED INTO THE HANGAR.

Narrative

OUR CHIEF OF MAINT ASKED ME IF I COULD TAXI THE ACFT OVER TO THE HANGAR SINCE THERE WAS AN ACFT FUEL SPILL AND A TUG WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR QUITE AWHILE. HE CLBED ABOARD AND I TAXIED OVER TO THE HANGAR WITH BOTH ENGS. 2 MECHS WERE WATCHING OUR TIPS AROUND OTHER ACFT AND 2 MORE WERE WAITING BY THE HANGAR. I SAW THE FBO RAMP SUPVR GIVE US A THUMBS UP. APCHING THE FIRE LANE; I CUT BOTH ENGS; AFTER I ACTIVATED THE AUX HYD PUMP. AS WE WERE COASTING; THE CHIEF OF MAINT SAID GO AHEAD AND COAST PAST THE HANGAR DOOR'S RAILS AS IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO DO FROM A STANDSTILL. I TOLD IT WAS NOT A GOOD IDEA; BUT HE SAID THE FBO AND OUR OPS DO IT ALL THE TIME AND IT WAS CLRED TO DO IT. I COASTED PAST THE DOOR RAIL AND THE 2 MECHS GRABBED THE TIPS AND PUSHED THE ACFT INTO THE DESIRED POS. I THEN WENT TO THE OFFICE AND FAXED MY PAPERWORK AND LEFT AROUND X00 AM. I WAS GETTING FUEL FOR MY VEHICLE WHEN I DISCOVERED I WAS MISSING SOME PERSONAL BELONGINGS; IN THE ACFT. I CALLED OUR MECHS AND FOUND OUT THAT AN FAA INSPECTOR; WATCHING THE FUEL SPILL; GOT MY NAME SAYING THAT THE ENGS WERE STILL RUNNING WHEN WE PUSHED THE ACFT INSIDE THE HANGAR AND THAT I LEFT AFTER THAT WITHOUT POST-FLT ETC. I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY REG PROHIBITING COASTING OR PUSHING AN ACFT INTO OR OUT OF HANGARS; ESPECIALLY SINCE WE USED EXTREME CAUTION AND SAFETY MEASURES.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.

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