Narrative:

I was the captain on flight mar/xx/96. We were assigned to gate B in atl. Ground control cleared me to the ramp on taxiway F. Our ramp control cleared me into the left side of ramp to park at gate B. As I turned toward the gate, I had a green light on the light system, a wing walker on the left and right, an agent working the light and a fourth ramp agent at the stop point with a chock. At gate a there was another B757 parked and an MD88 pushing from gate C. I parked the aircraft following the light signals which were normal (green, a brief yellow telling me I was near the stop point, then a red to stop). As the passenger were getting off, a mechanic came on the aircraft and told me we had damaged a wingtip, our first indication anything happened. After the passenger were off, I went down on the ramp. Our left wingtip was touching the right wingtip of the B757 at gate a. The ramp supervisor told me there was not supposed to be B757's at gate a and gate B. We were scheduled to park at gate B on our flight plan and on our in-range report. I don't know where the other B757 was originally scheduled to park. While I was on the ramp, the operations supervisor asked me if I had received any hold or stop signal and I told him not until the red light to stop to park. I then went to the nosewheel to see if I was on the gate centerline and I was. I would think ramp control would know 2 B757's can't be parked at these 2 gates. I don't know why a wing walker didn't give the light man a stop signal when he saw the wingtips would touch. This incident was preventable and should not have happened. There were plenty of ground personnel marshalling us to the gate, someone was not paying attention to business. I was told the same thing happened about 3 months ago at these gates which really makes me wonder why 2 B757's were again parked at gate a and gate B.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: WHILE PARKING B757 WITH WING WALKERS AND MARSHALLER, WINGTIP CONTACTED ANOTHER B757 PARKED INCORRECTLY AT ADJACENT GATE. GND PERSONNEL SAY THAT 2 B757'S ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE PARKED ADJACENT AT THOSE GATES.

Narrative: I WAS THE CAPT ON FLT MAR/XX/96. WE WERE ASSIGNED TO GATE B IN ATL. GND CTL CLRED ME TO THE RAMP ON TXWY F. OUR RAMP CTL CLRED ME INTO THE L SIDE OF RAMP TO PARK AT GATE B. AS I TURNED TOWARD THE GATE, I HAD A GREEN LIGHT ON THE LIGHT SYS, A WING WALKER ON THE L AND R, AN AGENT WORKING THE LIGHT AND A FOURTH RAMP AGENT AT THE STOP POINT WITH A CHOCK. AT GATE A THERE WAS ANOTHER B757 PARKED AND AN MD88 PUSHING FROM GATE C. I PARKED THE ACFT FOLLOWING THE LIGHT SIGNALS WHICH WERE NORMAL (GREEN, A BRIEF YELLOW TELLING ME I WAS NEAR THE STOP POINT, THEN A RED TO STOP). AS THE PAX WERE GETTING OFF, A MECH CAME ON THE ACFT AND TOLD ME WE HAD DAMAGED A WINGTIP, OUR FIRST INDICATION ANYTHING HAPPENED. AFTER THE PAX WERE OFF, I WENT DOWN ON THE RAMP. OUR L WINGTIP WAS TOUCHING THE R WINGTIP OF THE B757 AT GATE A. THE RAMP SUPVR TOLD ME THERE WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE B757'S AT GATE A AND GATE B. WE WERE SCHEDULED TO PARK AT GATE B ON OUR FLT PLAN AND ON OUR IN-RANGE RPT. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE OTHER B757 WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED TO PARK. WHILE I WAS ON THE RAMP, THE OPS SUPVR ASKED ME IF I HAD RECEIVED ANY HOLD OR STOP SIGNAL AND I TOLD HIM NOT UNTIL THE RED LIGHT TO STOP TO PARK. I THEN WENT TO THE NOSEWHEEL TO SEE IF I WAS ON THE GATE CTRLINE AND I WAS. I WOULD THINK RAMP CTL WOULD KNOW 2 B757'S CAN'T BE PARKED AT THESE 2 GATES. I DON'T KNOW WHY A WING WALKER DIDN'T GIVE THE LIGHT MAN A STOP SIGNAL WHEN HE SAW THE WINGTIPS WOULD TOUCH. THIS INCIDENT WAS PREVENTABLE AND SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. THERE WERE PLENTY OF GND PERSONNEL MARSHALLING US TO THE GATE, SOMEONE WAS NOT PAYING ATTN TO BUSINESS. I WAS TOLD THE SAME THING HAPPENED ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO AT THESE GATES WHICH REALLY MAKES ME WONDER WHY 2 B757'S WERE AGAIN PARKED AT GATE A AND GATE B.

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.