An air carrier heavy freighter scraped a belt loader while parking.

Attributes
ACN	274670
Time
Date	199406
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : iah
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dawn
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zhn
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Super DC-8 All Series
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : parked ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer
ASRS Report	274670
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time total : 8000
ASRS Report	274244
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground less severe other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

While being guided into parking by a qualified marshaller, aircraft bumped cargo loader after it passed out of the crews view. (Left forward fuselage area behind cockpit) -- captain followed marshaller's signals and no abnormal signals given. Normal gradual stop signal given. No damage to aircraft. Corrective action: since belt loader was stationary and normally extremely close to the aircraft, during taxi in aircraft should be stopped short of loader and tugged into parking. Corrective action: retrain marshaller on how to marshall largo aircraft (DC8-63) in proximity of obstructions.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR HVY FREIGHTER SCRAPED A BELT LOADER WHILE PARKING.

Narrative: WHILE BEING GUIDED INTO PARKING BY A QUALIFIED MARSHALLER, ACFT BUMPED CARGO LOADER AFTER IT PASSED OUT OF THE CREWS VIEW. (L FORWARD FUSELAGE AREA BEHIND COCKPIT) -- CAPT FOLLOWED MARSHALLER'S SIGNALS AND NO ABNORMAL SIGNALS GIVEN. NORMAL GRADUAL STOP SIGNAL GIVEN. NO DAMAGE TO ACFT. CORRECTIVE ACTION: SINCE BELT LOADER WAS STATIONARY AND NORMALLY EXTREMELY CLOSE TO THE ACFT, DURING TAXI IN ACFT SHOULD BE STOPPED SHORT OF LOADER AND TUGGED INTO PARKING. CORRECTIVE ACTION: RETRAIN MARSHALLER ON HOW TO MARSHALL LARGO ACFT (DC8-63) IN PROX OF OBSTRUCTIONS.

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.