Under guidance by 2 marshallers, aircraft hit portable light pole with minor damage to right wingtip...

Attributes
ACN	341835
Time
Date	199607
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : jfk
State Reference	NY
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
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	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 : 210 flight time total : 6500 flight time type : 3500
ASRS Report	341835
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

At jfk once landed, notified operations we were on the ground, assigned outer parking. Proceeded to the outer. Stopped at outer awaiting ramp personnel to marshall me in. 2 ramp personnel proceeded to guide me in. Guide man #1 brought me in to an angle of about 50 degrees to my final turn. Adjacent to my parking spot were 2 portable spotlights used for illumination during night hours. We were given the final signal to turn by guide man #1, turned towards the left, where guide man #2 took over while guide man #1 was used for clearance from ground equipment. Guide man #1 and ground equipment were to my right side. First officer was observing the guide man #1. Guide man #2 straightened out the arc for a better turn but the clearance of the right wingtip from the portable spotlight was misjudged by guide man #1 (giving ok signals to the first officer and guide man #2) whom I was following. Right wingtip hit the portable spotlight, barely touched and felt the impact. Damage was cosmetic, right wing navigation light's glass cover was broken. No other damage to the aircraft. Glass cover was replaced by maintenance and aircraft returned to service.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: UNDER GUIDANCE BY 2 MARSHALLERS, ACFT HIT PORTABLE LIGHT POLE WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO R WINGTIP.

Narrative: AT JFK ONCE LANDED, NOTIFIED OPS WE WERE ON THE GND, ASSIGNED OUTER PARKING. PROCEEDED TO THE OUTER. STOPPED AT OUTER AWAITING RAMP PERSONNEL TO MARSHALL ME IN. 2 RAMP PERSONNEL PROCEEDED TO GUIDE ME IN. GUIDE MAN #1 BROUGHT ME IN TO AN ANGLE OF ABOUT 50 DEGS TO MY FINAL TURN. ADJACENT TO MY PARKING SPOT WERE 2 PORTABLE SPOTLIGHTS USED FOR ILLUMINATION DURING NIGHT HRS. WE WERE GIVEN THE FINAL SIGNAL TO TURN BY GUIDE MAN #1, TURNED TOWARDS THE L, WHERE GUIDE MAN #2 TOOK OVER WHILE GUIDE MAN #1 WAS USED FOR CLRNC FROM GND EQUIP. GUIDE MAN #1 AND GND EQUIP WERE TO MY R SIDE. FO WAS OBSERVING THE GUIDE MAN #1. GUIDE MAN #2 STRAIGHTENED OUT THE ARC FOR A BETTER TURN BUT THE CLRNC OF THE R WINGTIP FROM THE PORTABLE SPOTLIGHT WAS MISJUDGED BY GUIDE MAN #1 (GIVING OK SIGNALS TO THE FO AND GUIDE MAN #2) WHOM I WAS FOLLOWING. R WINGTIP HIT THE PORTABLE SPOTLIGHT, BARELY TOUCHED AND FELT THE IMPACT. DAMAGE WAS COSMETIC, R WING NAV LIGHT'S GLASS COVER WAS BROKEN. NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE ACFT. GLASS COVER WAS REPLACED BY MAINT AND ACFT RETURNED TO SVC.

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.