B747-400 captain is informed after leaving the airport that while waiting for a gate his aircraft wa...

Narrative:

We were informed that our gate was occupied for 5 - 10 minutes. International ramp asked us to hold in the vicinity of another gate. We would then taxi back and enter the ramp to go to our gate once a foreign air carrier clears after departing and adjacent gate. We stopped the aircraft adjacent to the gate and asked the ramp if there was enough clearance if we stopped here. Ramp told us it was ok and to hold at our present position. After foreign air carrier pushed back; we felt his jet blast as the aircraft powered away from us. We received clearance to our gate and parked. An hour later I got a call from the duty manager stating that my aircraft was involved in a ground accident. He stated that while we were parked the foreign air carrier plane was pushed back into our tail. This was the first I learned of the problem. There was no impact or movement of the control column noticed. No one in the cockpit mentioned a concern that the aircraft was hit. Everything seemed routine.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B747-400 Captain is informed after leaving the airport that while waiting for a gate his aircraft was damaged by another B747 when it was pushed back tail-to-tail with his.

Narrative: We were informed that our gate was occupied for 5 - 10 Minutes. International ramp asked us to hold in the vicinity of another gate. We would then taxi back and enter the ramp to go to our gate once a foreign air carrier clears after departing and adjacent gate. We stopped the aircraft adjacent to the gate and asked the ramp if there was enough clearance if we stopped here. Ramp told us it was OK and to hold at our present position. After foreign air carrier pushed back; we felt his jet blast as the aircraft powered away from us. We received clearance to our gate and parked. An hour later I got a call from the Duty Manager stating that my aircraft was involved in a ground accident. He stated that while we were parked the foreign air carrier plane was pushed back into our tail. This was the first I learned of the problem. There was no impact or movement of the control column noticed. No one in the cockpit mentioned a concern that the aircraft was hit. Everything seemed routine.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Attributes
ACN	848952
Time
Date	200908
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B747-400
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	B747-400
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 220 Flight Crew Total 18500 Flight Crew Type 3000
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Aircraft

B747-400 captain is informed after leaving the airport that while waiting for a gate his aircraft was damaged by another B747 when it was pushed back tail-to-tail with his.