Narrative:

On may/xa/99 at XA25, our aircraft was being parked in our spot in a very tight and cluttered space at the den airport. The space is called the 'horseshoe.' once we came in to the 'shoe' we had to deviate away from the taxiing line to avoid a maintenance truck that was parked at the tail of another aircraft in spot X. When we cleared the truck and moved into spot Y under normal marshaller's directions, I noticed our gpu on the left of the lead-in line in its normal position, and a air conditioning unit on the right in our parking area. It did not appear to be a factor in parking our aircraft since the marshaller was still leading us in. The aircraft unit is new equipment for us and we did not know at that time it should have been parked out of the airplane's area. When the air conditioning moved out of my view on the right, I looked to the marshaller for any abnormal signals. The marshaller gave a normal hand signal to stop. Simultaneously as the captain, the marshaller stopped the aircraft, that is when the right propeller hit the corner of the air conditioning unit. At that point the captain shut down the right engine. When the propeller went into feather, that is when it did most of the damage. When the plane was shut down and secure, we stepped out to the nose to see if we were parked incorrectly. We were parked as standard on the line at the top of the 'T.' was told that the aircraft parked in that spot just previous to us was parked 6 ft short of the top of the 'T.' if we had painted markings for where equipment should be in the parking area or a wing walker when there is equipment.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DORNIER 328 PROP CONTACTS GND CART WHILE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF A MARSHALLER AT DEN.

Narrative: ON MAY/XA/99 AT XA25, OUR ACFT WAS BEING PARKED IN OUR SPOT IN A VERY TIGHT AND CLUTTERED SPACE AT THE DEN ARPT. THE SPACE IS CALLED THE 'HORSESHOE.' ONCE WE CAME IN TO THE 'SHOE' WE HAD TO DEVIATE AWAY FROM THE TAXIING LINE TO AVOID A MAINT TRUCK THAT WAS PARKED AT THE TAIL OF ANOTHER ACFT IN SPOT X. WHEN WE CLRED THE TRUCK AND MOVED INTO SPOT Y UNDER NORMAL MARSHALLER'S DIRECTIONS, I NOTICED OUR GPU ON THE L OF THE LEAD-IN LINE IN ITS NORMAL POS, AND A AIR CONDITIONING UNIT ON THE R IN OUR PARKING AREA. IT DID NOT APPEAR TO BE A FACTOR IN PARKING OUR ACFT SINCE THE MARSHALLER WAS STILL LEADING US IN. THE ACFT UNIT IS NEW EQUIP FOR US AND WE DID NOT KNOW AT THAT TIME IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PARKED OUT OF THE AIRPLANE'S AREA. WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONING MOVED OUT OF MY VIEW ON THE R, I LOOKED TO THE MARSHALLER FOR ANY ABNORMAL SIGNALS. THE MARSHALLER GAVE A NORMAL HAND SIGNAL TO STOP. SIMULTANEOUSLY AS THE CAPT, THE MARSHALLER STOPPED THE ACFT, THAT IS WHEN THE R PROP HIT THE CORNER OF THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT. AT THAT POINT THE CAPT SHUT DOWN THE R ENG. WHEN THE PROP WENT INTO FEATHER, THAT IS WHEN IT DID MOST OF THE DAMAGE. WHEN THE PLANE WAS SHUT DOWN AND SECURE, WE STEPPED OUT TO THE NOSE TO SEE IF WE WERE PARKED INCORRECTLY. WE WERE PARKED AS STANDARD ON THE LINE AT THE TOP OF THE 'T.' WAS TOLD THAT THE ACFT PARKED IN THAT SPOT JUST PREVIOUS TO US WAS PARKED 6 FT SHORT OF THE TOP OF THE 'T.' IF WE HAD PAINTED MARKINGS FOR WHERE EQUIP SHOULD BE IN THE PARKING AREA OR A WING WALKER WHEN THERE IS EQUIP.

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.