Parking aircraft hit an air conditioning cart.

Attributes
ACN	301018
Time
Date	199504
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mob
State Reference	AL
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	Commercial Fixed Wing
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 : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 15820 flight time type : 4400
ASRS Report	301018
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 0 vertical : 0
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

After landing at mobile, al, I taxied to the gate. While following the marshaller's directions to continue taxi for parking at the gate, experience and intuition made me uneasy about going past the point where I sensed we should have stopped. Therefore I stopped taxiing the aircraft and, as I did, the left engine bumped a ground air conditioning cart slightly as aircraft came to a stop. The aircraft was on the lead-in line which had 3 marked stopping points. I think the problem arose because the marshaller wanted the aircraft to park on the wrong stop line. To prevent any future confusion, I think it would be advantageous to also paint the aircraft type by each stopping line at the gate.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PARKING ACFT HIT AN AIR CONDITIONING CART.

Narrative: AFTER LNDG AT MOBILE, AL, I TAXIED TO THE GATE. WHILE FOLLOWING THE MARSHALLER'S DIRECTIONS TO CONTINUE TAXI FOR PARKING AT THE GATE, EXPERIENCE AND INTUITION MADE ME UNEASY ABOUT GOING PAST THE POINT WHERE I SENSED WE SHOULD HAVE STOPPED. THEREFORE I STOPPED TAXIING THE ACFT AND, AS I DID, THE L ENG BUMPED A GND AIR CONDITIONING CART SLIGHTLY AS ACFT CAME TO A STOP. THE ACFT WAS ON THE LEAD-IN LINE WHICH HAD 3 MARKED STOPPING POINTS. I THINK THE PROB AROSE BECAUSE THE MARSHALLER WANTED THE ACFT TO PARK ON THE WRONG STOP LINE. TO PREVENT ANY FUTURE CONFUSION, I THINK IT WOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS TO ALSO PAINT THE ACFT TYPE BY EACH STOPPING LINE AT 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.