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A beech 1900D, while being guided on to a gate without wing walkers, struck an improperly parked baggage cart, incurring damage to the left wingtip.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 434809 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199904 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Beech 1900 |
| 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 : 400 flight time total : 3800 flight time type : 1800 |
| ASRS Report | 434809 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 260 flight time total : 1800 flight time type : 1350 |
| ASRS Report | 434801 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ground encounters other non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
On apr/xa/99, flight xyz from pkb to ZZZ. Captain was taxiing (me). While being marshalled in to the gate (the aircraft on the yellow line under the direction of the marshaller), we felt a jolt. We stopped the airplane, and noticed left wingtip had struck a parked baggage cart.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A BEECH 1900D, WHILE BEING GUIDED ON TO A GATE WITHOUT WING WALKERS, STRUCK AN IMPROPERLY PARKED BAGGAGE CART, INCURRING DAMAGE TO THE L WINGTIP.
Narrative: ON APR/XA/99, FLT XYZ FROM PKB TO ZZZ. CAPT WAS TAXIING (ME). WHILE BEING MARSHALLED IN TO THE GATE (THE ACFT ON THE YELLOW LINE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE MARSHALLER), WE FELT A JOLT. WE STOPPED THE AIRPLANE, AND NOTICED L WINGTIP HAD STRUCK A PARKED BAGGAGE CART.
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.