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A DC9-30 while being guided into a gate with wing walkers struck a parked baggage cart incurring damage to the left wingtip.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 391373 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199801 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-9 30 |
| 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 : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 139 flight time total : 13679 flight time type : 9797 |
| ASRS Report | 391373 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 165 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 7400 |
| ASRS Report | 391372 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
After landing at ZZZ, company assigned us to gate xx. Ground control cleared us to gate xx. After giving way to traffic that had pushed from gate xx. While following the instructions of the marshaller (who was using wands) to gate xx, the aircraft made contact with a baggage cart. The ramp was contaminated and the service vehicle lanes were not visible. The lead in line was barely visible. A wing walker was in position at the left wing. The marshaller lost eye contact with the wing walker. The wing walker signaled the marshaller to stop the aircraft, but the marshaller did not see him. The marshaller continued to direct the forward. By the time the wing walker got the attention of the marshaller and the marshaller signaled me to stop with crossed wands and I applied the brakes. The aircraft had already made contact with the baggage cart. There were no injuries to personnel, however the aircraft sustained the following damage: 2 static wicks on the left wingtip were broken off and the lens for the aft facing position light was broken.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A DC9-30 WHILE BEING GUIDED INTO A GATE WITH WING WALKERS STRUCK A PARKED BAGGAGE CART INCURRING DAMAGE TO THE L WINGTIP.
Narrative: AFTER LNDG AT ZZZ, COMPANY ASSIGNED US TO GATE XX. GND CTL CLRED US TO GATE XX. AFTER GIVING WAY TO TFC THAT HAD PUSHED FROM GATE XX. WHILE FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS OF THE MARSHALLER (WHO WAS USING WANDS) TO GATE XX, THE ACFT MADE CONTACT WITH A BAGGAGE CART. THE RAMP WAS CONTAMINATED AND THE SVC VEHICLE LANES WERE NOT VISIBLE. THE LEAD IN LINE WAS BARELY VISIBLE. A WING WALKER WAS IN POS AT THE L WING. THE MARSHALLER LOST EYE CONTACT WITH THE WING WALKER. THE WING WALKER SIGNALED THE MARSHALLER TO STOP THE ACFT, BUT THE MARSHALLER DID NOT SEE HIM. THE MARSHALLER CONTINUED TO DIRECT THE FORWARD. BY THE TIME THE WING WALKER GOT THE ATTN OF THE MARSHALLER AND THE MARSHALLER SIGNALED ME TO STOP WITH CROSSED WANDS AND I APPLIED THE BRAKES. THE ACFT HAD ALREADY MADE CONTACT WITH THE BAGGAGE CART. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO PERSONNEL, HOWEVER THE ACFT SUSTAINED THE FOLLOWING DAMAGE: 2 STATIC WICKS ON THE L WINGTIP WERE BROKEN OFF AND THE LENS FOR THE AFT FACING POS LIGHT WAS BROKEN.
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.