Narrative:

Taxiing in to gate with 3 ground people in position, taxied in and parked. Chocks in, parking checklist done. At that point, a non revenue ramp person came to flight deck and advised that we hit a belt loader with the #1 engine. I called maintenance and went downstairs to see damage. Belt loader was moved away from aircraft, parked and chocked. Nobody knows who moved belt loader. I looked at damage, advised ramp supervisor, called operations, made logbook entry. When incident command center made statement, called union safety director and went home.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737-500 FLC WAS ADVISED THAT THE L ENG HAD STRUCK A BELT LOADER TAXIING INTO THE GATE AT EWR.

Narrative: TAXIING IN TO GATE WITH 3 GND PEOPLE IN POS, TAXIED IN AND PARKED. CHOCKS IN, PARKING CHKLIST DONE. AT THAT POINT, A NON REVENUE RAMP PERSON CAME TO FLT DECK AND ADVISED THAT WE HIT A BELT LOADER WITH THE #1 ENG. I CALLED MAINT AND WENT DOWNSTAIRS TO SEE DAMAGE. BELT LOADER WAS MOVED AWAY FROM ACFT, PARKED AND CHOCKED. NOBODY KNOWS WHO MOVED BELT LOADER. I LOOKED AT DAMAGE, ADVISED RAMP SUPVR, CALLED OPS, MADE LOGBOOK ENTRY. WHEN INCIDENT COMMAND CTR MADE STATEMENT, CALLED UNION SAFETY DIRECTOR AND WENT HOME.

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.