An air carrier captain approaching their gate in ord reported a baggage tug driver passed rapidly in...

Attributes
ACN	894170
Time
Date	201005
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ORD.Airport
State Reference	IL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 21000 Flight Crew Type 3500
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

We arrived early and had to wait at the head of the gate yellow line for a guide man. After a few minutes a guide man showed up and turned on the parking guide lights. I verified that all traffic on the vehicle lanes was stopped and began to move the aircraft. I noticed a baggage tug southbound on the vehicle lane making about a 45 degree left turn and [it] began passing stopped vehicles. I thought he was going to the driveway into the baggage area just north of our gate but he didn't turn and proceeded through the middle of our gate between the nose of my moving aircraft and the jetway. I began to stop the taxi but before I could stop the tug was through the gate area. We parked without further incident. The number on the hood of the tug was noted.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An Air Carrier Captain approaching their gate in ORD reported a baggage tug driver passed rapidly in front of his aircraft as it taxied toward the gate.

Narrative: We arrived early and had to wait at the head of the gate yellow line for a guide man. After a few minutes a guide man showed up and turned on the parking guide lights. I verified that all traffic on the vehicle lanes was stopped and began to move the aircraft. I noticed a baggage tug southbound on the vehicle lane making about a 45 degree left turn and [it] began passing stopped vehicles. I thought he was going to the driveway into the baggage area just north of our gate but he didn't turn and proceeded through the middle of our gate between the nose of my moving aircraft and the jetway. I began to stop the taxi but before I could stop the tug was through the gate area. We parked without further incident. The number on the hood of the tug was noted.

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.

An air carrier captain approaching their gate in ord reported a baggage tug driver passed rapidly in front of his aircraft as it taxied toward the gate.