Narrative:

On taxi in, B757 was damaged by jetway when marshalling agent marshalled or signaled the pilot to continue taxi when the pilot should have been held until the jetway was repositioned. Upper surface of left engine cowling was dented, left engine had been shut down prior to arriving at gate. Conditions were clear, sunny, daylight, dry pavement and long straight-in taxi to gate. Ground crew was not ready/briefed for early arrival. Jetway was not positioned for next arrival. Use of 2L door to deplane aircraft in close proximity to left engine should be reconsidered. Wing walkers were present but failed to notify marshaller of impending engine/jetway contact.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B757-200 WHILE BEING GUIDED ON TO A GATE WITH WING WALKERS STRUCK A PARKED OUT OF POS JETWAY INCURRING DAMAGE TO THE #1 ENG INLET COWLING.

Narrative: ON TAXI IN, B757 WAS DAMAGED BY JETWAY WHEN MARSHALLING AGENT MARSHALLED OR SIGNALED THE PLT TO CONTINUE TAXI WHEN THE PLT SHOULD HAVE BEEN HELD UNTIL THE JETWAY WAS REPOSITIONED. UPPER SURFACE OF L ENG COWLING WAS DENTED, L ENG HAD BEEN SHUT DOWN PRIOR TO ARRIVING AT GATE. CONDITIONS WERE CLR, SUNNY, DAYLIGHT, DRY PAVEMENT AND LONG STRAIGHT-IN TAXI TO GATE. GND CREW WAS NOT READY/BRIEFED FOR EARLY ARR. JETWAY WAS NOT POSITIONED FOR NEXT ARR. USE OF 2L DOOR TO DEPLANE ACFT IN CLOSE PROX TO L ENG SHOULD BE RECONSIDERED. WING WALKERS WERE PRESENT BUT FAILED TO NOTIFY MARSHALLER OF IMPENDING ENG/JETWAY CONTACT.

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.