An air carrier medium large transport first officer reports that a baggage cart from another air carrier damaged his aircraft. Aircraft damage r-hand wingtip landing light.

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Attributes
ACN	342711
Time
Date	199607
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sfo
State Reference	CA
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
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 1200
ASRS Report	342711
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe conflict : ground critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Sometime after my initial preflight walkaround, a baggage cart struck the r-hand wingtip. This was discovered after our first flight segment (sfo-lax). Mechanic informed flight crew there was damage to the r-hand landing light. Mechanic and I examined ramp for glass at lax. None was found. Call to sfo initiated a search for indication of damage (glass, etc). Another air carrier's baggage cart was found to have glass matching landing light lens on top.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR MLG FO RPTS THAT A BAGGAGE CART FROM ANOTHER ACR DAMAGED HIS ACFT. ACFT DAMAGE R-HAND WINGTIP LNDG LIGHT.

Narrative: SOMETIME AFTER MY INITIAL PREFLT WALKAROUND, A BAGGAGE CART STRUCK THE R-HAND WINGTIP. THIS WAS DISCOVERED AFTER OUR FIRST FLT SEGMENT (SFO-LAX). MECH INFORMED FLC THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE R-HAND LNDG LIGHT. MECH AND I EXAMINED RAMP FOR GLASS AT LAX. NONE WAS FOUND. CALL TO SFO INITIATED A SEARCH FOR INDICATION OF DAMAGE (GLASS, ETC). ANOTHER ACR'S BAGGAGE CART WAS FOUND TO HAVE GLASS MATCHING LNDG LIGHT LENS ON TOP.

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.