A B767-300 struck by baggage cart at gate.

Attributes
ACN	700167
Time
Date	200606
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B767-300 and 300 ER
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : preflight ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 2500
ASRS Report	700167
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	ground encounters : vehicle
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Company Airport
Primary Problem	Ambiguous

Narrative:

Sitting at gate; 5 mins before push. Agent had just left and pulled the jetway back. Had not read the checklist yet. Brakes were set and never released. A baggage cart struck the aircraft extremely hard and could be felt throughout the aircraft by everyone. We wrote up the incident as 'baggage cart hit aircraft before brake release.' no brake release was confirmed by ACARS.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B767-300 STRUCK BY BAGGAGE CART AT GATE.

Narrative: SITTING AT GATE; 5 MINS BEFORE PUSH. AGENT HAD JUST LEFT AND PULLED THE JETWAY BACK. HAD NOT READ THE CHKLIST YET. BRAKES WERE SET AND NEVER RELEASED. A BAGGAGE CART STRUCK THE ACFT EXTREMELY HARD AND COULD BE FELT THROUGHOUT THE ACFT BY EVERYONE. WE WROTE UP THE INCIDENT AS 'BAGGAGE CART HIT ACFT BEFORE BRAKE RELEASE.' NO BRAKE RELEASE WAS CONFIRMED BY ACARS.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.