Narrative:

Flight abc, aircraft xyz, departed XA45 local on may/xa/00, gate zy. After the first officer completed the preflight, we felt the aircraft bumped as a firm catering truck might cause. I looked out and saw a lavatory truck to the left of the aircraft dragging a steel cable. I went outside to investigate. I thought the truck might have hit the tow bar, so I looked over the nose and nose gear area -- there was no apparent damage. Then I noticed that the steel cable that the lavatory truck had snagged was the supporting cable for the exterior power cord. It had been ripped from the jetbridge structure. I called facility maintenance to ensure that the jetbridge could be moved for our impending departure. They said that it was ok to operate. After landing at XXX, the ground crew came to the cockpit to report extensive damage to the aircraft power receptacle. This was the first we knew of damage and I made a logbook entry. The problem that I had with the whole incident was that the ZZZ ground crew had to have noticed the damage when they disconnected the exterior power and closed the door. The aircraft handled ok airborne and no problems with pressurization.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A FOKKER 100 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH KNOWN DAMAGE TO THE GND PWR RECEPTACLE AND DOOR BUT NO DOCUMENTATION.

Narrative: FLT ABC, ACFT XYZ, DEPARTED XA45 LCL ON MAY/XA/00, GATE ZY. AFTER THE FO COMPLETED THE PREFLT, WE FELT THE ACFT BUMPED AS A FIRM CATERING TRUCK MIGHT CAUSE. I LOOKED OUT AND SAW A LAVATORY TRUCK TO THE L OF THE ACFT DRAGGING A STEEL CABLE. I WENT OUTSIDE TO INVESTIGATE. I THOUGHT THE TRUCK MIGHT HAVE HIT THE TOW BAR, SO I LOOKED OVER THE NOSE AND NOSE GEAR AREA -- THERE WAS NO APPARENT DAMAGE. THEN I NOTICED THAT THE STEEL CABLE THAT THE LAVATORY TRUCK HAD SNAGGED WAS THE SUPPORTING CABLE FOR THE EXTERIOR PWR CORD. IT HAD BEEN RIPPED FROM THE JETBRIDGE STRUCTURE. I CALLED FACILITY MAINT TO ENSURE THAT THE JETBRIDGE COULD BE MOVED FOR OUR IMPENDING DEP. THEY SAID THAT IT WAS OK TO OPERATE. AFTER LNDG AT XXX, THE GND CREW CAME TO THE COCKPIT TO RPT EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE ACFT PWR RECEPTACLE. THIS WAS THE FIRST WE KNEW OF DAMAGE AND I MADE A LOGBOOK ENTRY. THE PROB THAT I HAD WITH THE WHOLE INCIDENT WAS THAT THE ZZZ GND CREW HAD TO HAVE NOTICED THE DAMAGE WHEN THEY DISCONNECTED THE EXTERIOR PWR AND CLOSED THE DOOR. THE ACFT HANDLED OK AIRBORNE AND NO PROBS WITH PRESSURIZATION.

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.