Air carrier taxies into baggage cart.

Attributes
ACN	184564
Time
Date	199107
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : stl
State Reference	MO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground : preflight ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 10000
ASRS Report	184564
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact other
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

First trip back from emergency leave due to family crisis type situation followed by 2 min rest periods (10 hour block to block). Nonstandard operation (single engine taxi to save fuel) -- missed 1 or more visual cues and nonstandard ramp signal(south). Taxied into a baggage cart. Minor dent in right slat leading edge at wing root. No injuries. Aircraft cleared to continue in service after maintenance inspection. I was cleared to continue after contacting company duty officer. I was under more stress than usual from more directions than usual. Several nonstandard operations taking place at same time. 1) single engine taxi. 2) loading bags on aircraft after pushback from gate. 3) no communications from ground personnel referencing that bags would be loaded on ramp. 4) first officer on first line trip after IOE vacation (was qualified in other position, not new to airline flying but was new to 2 man cockpit and the medium large transport). 5) I did not give enough consideration to how I could be effected by these things and did not take precautions to protect myself and my operations from undesirable results of these factors.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR TAXIES INTO BAGGAGE CART.

Narrative: FIRST TRIP BACK FROM EMER LEAVE DUE TO FAMILY CRISIS TYPE SITUATION FOLLOWED BY 2 MIN REST PERIODS (10 HR BLOCK TO BLOCK). NONSTANDARD OP (SINGLE ENG TAXI TO SAVE FUEL) -- MISSED 1 OR MORE VISUAL CUES AND NONSTANDARD RAMP SIGNAL(S). TAXIED INTO A BAGGAGE CART. MINOR DENT IN R SLAT LEADING EDGE AT WING ROOT. NO INJURIES. ACFT CLRED TO CONTINUE IN SVC AFTER MAINT INSPECTION. I WAS CLRED TO CONTINUE AFTER CONTACTING COMPANY DUTY OFFICER. I WAS UNDER MORE STRESS THAN USUAL FROM MORE DIRECTIONS THAN USUAL. SEVERAL NONSTANDARD OPS TAKING PLACE AT SAME TIME. 1) SINGLE ENG TAXI. 2) LOADING BAGS ON ACFT AFTER PUSHBACK FROM GATE. 3) NO COMS FROM GND PERSONNEL REFERENCING THAT BAGS WOULD BE LOADED ON RAMP. 4) FO ON FIRST LINE TRIP AFTER IOE VACATION (WAS QUALIFIED IN OTHER POS, NOT NEW TO AIRLINE FLYING BUT WAS NEW TO 2 MAN COCKPIT AND THE MLG). 5) I DID NOT GIVE ENOUGH CONSIDERATION TO HOW I COULD BE EFFECTED BY THESE THINGS AND DID NOT TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT MYSELF AND MY OPS FROM UNDESIRABLE RESULTS OF THESE FACTORS.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.