Narrative:
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.
Damaged on the ground
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Sunday 27 February 1983 |
| Type: |  Boeing 727-276 Advanced |
| Operator: | Trans Australia Airlines - TAA |
| Registration: | VH-TBI |
| MSN: | 20554/1027 |
| First flight: | 1974-03-27 (8 years 11 months) |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 123 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 129 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Aircraft fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | Adelaide Airport, SA (ADL) ( Australia)
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| Phase: | Taxi (TXI) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Adelaide Airport, SA (ADL/YPAD), Australia |
| Melbourne-Tullamarine Airport, VIC (MEL/YMML), Australia |
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.
Accident investigation:
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Classification:
Collision with airport equipmentDamaged on the ground
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Adelaide Airport, SA to Melbourne-Tullamarine Airport, VIC as the crow flies is 640 km (400 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Adelaide Airport, SA to Melbourne-Tullamarine Airport, VIC as the crow flies is 640 km (400 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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