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A B737-500 taxiing on to a gate with guidance struck an improperly parked jetway incurring damage to the #1 engine inlet cowling.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 431020 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199902 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-500 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : 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 : 150 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 431020 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical ground encounters other non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies |
| Independent Detector | other other : cpg |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
During taxi in to gate, #1 engine nacelle struck jetway. Found out the next morning that incident occurred. Just as we stopped, felt an unusual bump. We thought it was a chock. Next morning agent informed me that the marshaller had brought the aircraft too far forward and the jetway was out of position.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737-500 TAXIING ON TO A GATE WITH GUIDANCE STRUCK AN IMPROPERLY PARKED JETWAY INCURRING DAMAGE TO THE #1 ENG INLET COWLING.
Narrative: DURING TAXI IN TO GATE, #1 ENG NACELLE STRUCK JETWAY. FOUND OUT THE NEXT MORNING THAT INCIDENT OCCURRED. JUST AS WE STOPPED, FELT AN UNUSUAL BUMP. WE THOUGHT IT WAS A CHOCK. NEXT MORNING AGENT INFORMED ME THAT THE MARSHALLER HAD BROUGHT THE ACFT TOO FAR FORWARD AND THE JETWAY WAS OUT OF POS.
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.