Widebody transport aircraft taxiing into gate hits baggage cart.

Attributes
ACN	274969
Time
Date	199406
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ewr
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 2500
ASRS Report	274969
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Aircraft was taxiing into gate at 3-5 KTS and being directed into gate by ground personnel. Captain indicated left side clear, as was the right from my observations. As the aircraft approached the gate approximately 20-25 ft ground personnel in front of the nose area signal to person on a belt loader to stop the aircraft. Captain then stopped aircraft. Maintenance came on heat set to advise captain that a baggage cart may have brazed the #1 engine cowl. There were no wing walkers in the area to help for wing clearance at the time of occurrence.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: WDB ACFT TAXIING INTO GATE HITS BAGGAGE CART.

Narrative: ACFT WAS TAXIING INTO GATE AT 3-5 KTS AND BEING DIRECTED INTO GATE BY GND PERSONNEL. CAPT INDICATED L SIDE CLR, AS WAS THE R FROM MY OBSERVATIONS. AS THE ACFT APCHED THE GATE APPROX 20-25 FT GND PERSONNEL IN FRONT OF THE NOSE AREA SIGNAL TO PERSON ON A BELT LOADER TO STOP THE ACFT. CAPT THEN STOPPED ACFT. MAINT CAME ON HEAT SET TO ADVISE CAPT THAT A BAGGAGE CART MAY HAVE BRAZED THE #1 ENG COWL. THERE WERE NO WING WALKERS IN THE AREA TO HELP FOR WING CLRNC AT THE TIME OF OCCURRENCE.

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.