During parking at gate, medium large transport jet-blasted baggage carts.

Attributes
ACN	120596
Time
Date	198908
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ord
State Reference	IL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 1900
ASRS Report	120596
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Airport	other physical facility procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

During taxi-in ord gate kga, baggage carts behind aircraft at H8 were blown about or over. 1 engine shut down during taxi-in. We had been coming into K8 all month. Kga has small footnote advising both engines running. This was overlooked. We were unaware of problem until reaching operations. In this aircraft, this difficult taxi-in procedure requires 2 hands on the nose steering to make 2 nearly 90 degree turns. Also, the gate behind is in close proximity. In my opinion, this is a very marginal gate.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DURING PARKING AT GATE, MLG JET-BLASTED BAGGAGE CARTS.

Narrative: DURING TAXI-IN ORD GATE KGA, BAGGAGE CARTS BEHIND ACFT AT H8 WERE BLOWN ABOUT OR OVER. 1 ENG SHUT DOWN DURING TAXI-IN. WE HAD BEEN COMING INTO K8 ALL MONTH. KGA HAS SMALL FOOTNOTE ADVISING BOTH ENGS RUNNING. THIS WAS OVERLOOKED. WE WERE UNAWARE OF PROB UNTIL REACHING OPS. IN THIS ACFT, THIS DIFFICULT TAXI-IN PROC REQUIRES 2 HANDS ON THE NOSE STEERING TO MAKE 2 NEARLY 90 DEG TURNS. ALSO, THE GATE BEHIND IS IN CLOSE PROX. IN MY OPINION, THIS IS A VERY MARGINAL GATE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.