An A319 was marshaled into a gate but not stopped at the correct line; so as the engine nacelle appr...

Narrative:

First of all; I want to note that the first officer and I later commented that the cadence of guide man gave us the impression that he was experienced and professional when we were approaching the gate. As I lined up on lead in line; right engine was secured; and all equipment and jet bridge were behind red lines. Approaching normal stop point; jet bridge still in peripheral view of my left eye; I noticed bridge moving back quickly. At the same time the momentum of aircraft slowed and I stopped the aircraft as the guide man started pointing in different directions. At that point I decided to set brakes and secure left engine. I immediately left cockpit to find the agent. It was at that time that I realized that the agent was screaming at the guide man to stop as she was quickly repositioning the bridge. After going to the ramp I then saw that I was marshaled way past the A319 stop bar. The agent's awareness and actions in all likelihood saved the aircraft from impacting the jet bridge the left nacelle and impacting the gpu on the right nacelle. I certainly hope that here decisive actions will be recognized. I suggest more emphasis on stop bar training for A319!

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A319 was marshaled into a gate but not stopped at the correct line; so as the engine nacelle approached the jetway; an Agent moved it back and avoided a collision. This aircraft model is new to the company.

Narrative: First of all; I want to note that the First Officer and I later commented that the cadence of guide man gave us the impression that he was experienced and professional when we were approaching the gate. As I lined up on lead in line; right engine was secured; and all equipment and jet bridge were behind red lines. Approaching normal stop point; jet bridge still in peripheral view of my left eye; I noticed bridge moving back quickly. At the same time the momentum of aircraft slowed and I stopped the aircraft as the guide man started pointing in different directions. At that point I decided to set brakes and secure left engine. I immediately left cockpit to find the agent. It was at that time that I realized that the Agent was screaming at the guide man to stop as she was quickly repositioning the bridge. After going to the ramp I then saw that I was marshaled way past the A319 stop bar. The Agent's awareness and actions in all likelihood saved the aircraft from impacting the jet bridge the left nacelle and impacting the GPU on the right nacelle. I certainly hope that here decisive actions will be recognized. I suggest more emphasis on stop bar training for A319!

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.

Attributes
ACN	1167431
Time
Date	201404
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Total 335
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

An A319 was marshaled into a gate but not stopped at the correct line; so as the engine nacelle approached the jetway; an agent moved it back and avoided a collision. This aircraft model is new to the company.