Narrative:

We entered the ramp area via the north entrance (having taxied past the southern entrance) as was the normal procedure when I last flew to this city in a BAE146. The tower called us after we were into the ramp a fair ways and said we might want to do a 180 degree turn and go out and enter the south side. The ramp was fairly crowded and I turned the aircraft slightly to indicate to our marshaller we could go around. However, his wand motions seemed to indicate he wanted us to come straight in. I straightened out the aircraft to see if this was the case and wing walkers showed up and he motioned us on in. I taxied between the 2 aircraft on the ramp and had easily cleared both. Just prior to coming to a stop we felt a tremor in the aircraft as if we had taxied over an undergnd fueling port. Shortly thereafter, our marshaller gave us the signal to stop. Later, he came up and said we had scraped a carry-on baggage cart. I went down and checked for damage and found a scrape on the plastic wing light cover and some smudged paint on the winglet. In retrospect, I guess I should have assumed the tower had a better view than our marshaller and just gone around. It probably would have helped if someone had told us that our parking area had changed with the different jet we were flying and as a last resort possibly the tower could have mentioned it before we passed the south entrance. The wing walker did not have lighted wands and any signal he made would not have been readily apparent to our marshaller. It should be noted that this was our fourth continuous duty overnight in a row and the first one to allow us more than 4 hours of potential sleep at one time. How much money must be spent on sleep deprivation studies?

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CL65 TAXIING INTO THE GATE HITS A BAGGAGE CART. NIGHT OP AND THE WING WALKER'S WAND WAS NOT LIGHTED.

Narrative: WE ENTERED THE RAMP AREA VIA THE N ENTRANCE (HAVING TAXIED PAST THE SOUTHERN ENTRANCE) AS WAS THE NORMAL PROC WHEN I LAST FLEW TO THIS CITY IN A BAE146. THE TWR CALLED US AFTER WE WERE INTO THE RAMP A FAIR WAYS AND SAID WE MIGHT WANT TO DO A 180 DEG TURN AND GO OUT AND ENTER THE S SIDE. THE RAMP WAS FAIRLY CROWDED AND I TURNED THE ACFT SLIGHTLY TO INDICATE TO OUR MARSHALLER WE COULD GO AROUND. HOWEVER, HIS WAND MOTIONS SEEMED TO INDICATE HE WANTED US TO COME STRAIGHT IN. I STRAIGHTENED OUT THE ACFT TO SEE IF THIS WAS THE CASE AND WING WALKERS SHOWED UP AND HE MOTIONED US ON IN. I TAXIED BTWN THE 2 ACFT ON THE RAMP AND HAD EASILY CLRED BOTH. JUST PRIOR TO COMING TO A STOP WE FELT A TREMOR IN THE ACFT AS IF WE HAD TAXIED OVER AN UNDERGND FUELING PORT. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, OUR MARSHALLER GAVE US THE SIGNAL TO STOP. LATER, HE CAME UP AND SAID WE HAD SCRAPED A CARRY-ON BAGGAGE CART. I WENT DOWN AND CHKED FOR DAMAGE AND FOUND A SCRAPE ON THE PLASTIC WING LIGHT COVER AND SOME SMUDGED PAINT ON THE WINGLET. IN RETROSPECT, I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE ASSUMED THE TWR HAD A BETTER VIEW THAN OUR MARSHALLER AND JUST GONE AROUND. IT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE HELPED IF SOMEONE HAD TOLD US THAT OUR PARKING AREA HAD CHANGED WITH THE DIFFERENT JET WE WERE FLYING AND AS A LAST RESORT POSSIBLY THE TWR COULD HAVE MENTIONED IT BEFORE WE PASSED THE S ENTRANCE. THE WING WALKER DID NOT HAVE LIGHTED WANDS AND ANY SIGNAL HE MADE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN READILY APPARENT TO OUR MARSHALLER. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THIS WAS OUR FOURTH CONTINUOUS DUTY OVERNIGHT IN A ROW AND THE FIRST ONE TO ALLOW US MORE THAN 4 HRS OF POTENTIAL SLEEP AT ONE TIME. HOW MUCH MONEY MUST BE SPENT ON SLEEP DEPRIVATION STUDIES?

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.