Widebody transport aircraft being marshalled into gate has engine nacelle damaged from baggage cart.

Attributes
ACN	238251
Time
Date	199304
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : phl
State Reference	PA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : cbm
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground : parked ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	238251
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

We were being marshalled in by company personnel to our gate. After parking, agent said we had rubbed against a baggage cart. Upon inspection we found right engine nacelle had rubbed against rubber corner of baggage cart. Our company just changed who directs aircraft into gate. The old ones were skilled labor, the new ones are unskilled and pay little attention to job.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: WDB ACFT BEING MARSHALLED INTO GATE HAS ENG NACELLE DAMAGED FROM BAGGAGE CART.

Narrative: WE WERE BEING MARSHALLED IN BY COMPANY PERSONNEL TO OUR GATE. AFTER PARKING, AGENT SAID WE HAD RUBBED AGAINST A BAGGAGE CART. UPON INSPECTION WE FOUND R ENG NACELLE HAD RUBBED AGAINST RUBBER CORNER OF BAGGAGE CART. OUR COMPANY JUST CHANGED WHO DIRECTS ACFT INTO GATE. THE OLD ONES WERE SKILLED LABOR, THE NEW ONES ARE UNSKILLED AND PAY LITTLE ATTN TO JOB.

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.