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B737 captain reported baggage was left in the gate area and obstructed his path of taxi into the parking spot.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1712324 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201912 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | CVG.Airport |
| State Reference | KY |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-700 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Route In Use | Vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
Taxiing to the gate at night I saw an object out of the corner of my left eye on the ground close in to the aircraft. I immediately applied firm braking pressure to bring the aircraft to a halt. When I looked down I saw a silver hard sided roller bag on the ground immediately adjacent to the aircraft. I shut down the #1 engine. I spoke to the flight attendants to inform them of what was going on. We called to have to bag removed as I could not taxi to avoid it. Baggage handler crossing the adjacent taxiway saw the situation and removed the bag. We subsequently taxied to the gate without incident.the ramp lighting was insufficient to see the bag at a far distance additionally our taxi lights are not that great on many aircraft. This contributed to not seeing the bag until in close.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 Captain reported baggage was left in the gate area and obstructed his path of taxi into the parking spot.
Narrative: Taxiing to the gate at night I saw an object out of the corner of my left eye on the ground close in to the aircraft. I immediately applied firm braking pressure to bring the aircraft to a halt. When I looked down I saw a silver hard sided roller bag on the ground immediately adjacent to the aircraft. I shut down the #1 engine. I spoke to the flight attendants to inform them of what was going on. We called to have to bag removed as I could not taxi to avoid it. Baggage Handler crossing the adjacent taxiway saw the situation and removed the bag. We subsequently taxied to the gate without incident.The ramp lighting was insufficient to see the bag at a far distance additionally our taxi lights are not that great on many aircraft. This contributed to not seeing the bag until in close.
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.