Air carrier taxi to gate with guideman and wing walkers. Wing tip hits maintenance platform.

Attributes
ACN	198607
Time
Date	199201
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 1500
ASRS Report	198607
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

While following guideman into gate about 15 ft short of the gate I felt the aircraft vibrate and immediately the captain stopped, after which time the guideman gave him the stop signal. Captain requested the guideman establish ground communications and asked what happened. Guideman said the left wing tip had struck a maintenance platform. Guideman said he had wing walkers moving the aircraft. Maintenance arrived and told us we would be towed in the rest of the way to the gate. The aircraft was pushed backwards and then forwards to the gate.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR TAXI TO GATE WITH GUIDEMAN AND WING WALKERS. WING TIP HITS MAINT PLATFORM.

Narrative: WHILE FOLLOWING GUIDEMAN INTO GATE ABOUT 15 FT SHORT OF THE GATE I FELT THE ACFT VIBRATE AND IMMEDIATELY THE CAPT STOPPED, AFTER WHICH TIME THE GUIDEMAN GAVE HIM THE STOP SIGNAL. CAPT REQUESTED THE GUIDEMAN ESTABLISH GND COMS AND ASKED WHAT HAPPENED. GUIDEMAN SAID THE L WING TIP HAD STRUCK A MAINT PLATFORM. GUIDEMAN SAID HE HAD WING WALKERS MOVING THE ACFT. MAINT ARRIVED AND TOLD US WE WOULD BE TOWED IN THE REST OF THE WAY TO THE GATE. THE ACFT WAS PUSHED BACKWARDS AND THEN FORWARDS TO THE GATE.

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.