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B777-200 captain reported being marshaled into a gate and stopped on the -300 mark; narrowly missing engine contact with the jetway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1459815 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201706 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Total 13869 Flight Crew Type 1894 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
We arrived and awaited a gate. There was several swaps of the gate sent to us via ACARS. We were a 777-200 I don't think whoever was sending us the gate was aware we were a 200. We waited for fifteen minutes for a 777-300 to push then the same ramp crew that pushed the 777-300 accepted our aircraft. We were hand marshaled to the gate with a nose guide man and two wing walkers. We flashed the light and accepted guidance. I stopped the aircraft exactly as directed and shutdown the aircraft. The only problem was the jetway driver abandoned the jetway in fear of getting hit. And then we find out the marshaler parked us on the 777-300 line 20 feet forward of the 777-200 line.we came within inches of hitting the engine nacelle to the jet bridge. Someone is going to get hurt badly; with these kind of mistakes. These wing walkers are worthless if no one is paying attention. Obviously neither of the two caught the mistake of the marshaler (guide man) either.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B777-200 Captain reported being marshaled into a gate and stopped on the -300 mark; narrowly missing engine contact with the jetway.
Narrative: We arrived and awaited a gate. There was several swaps of the gate sent to us via ACARS. We were a 777-200 I don't think whoever was sending us the gate was aware we were a 200. We waited for fifteen minutes for a 777-300 to push then the same ramp crew that pushed the 777-300 accepted our aircraft. We were hand marshaled to the gate with a nose guide man and two wing walkers. We flashed the light and accepted guidance. I stopped the aircraft exactly as directed and shutdown the aircraft. The only problem was the jetway driver abandoned the jetway in fear of getting hit. And then we find out the marshaler parked us on the 777-300 line 20 feet forward of the 777-200 line.We came within inches of hitting the engine nacelle to the jet bridge. Someone is going to get hurt badly; with these kind of mistakes. These wing walkers are worthless if no one is paying attention. Obviously neither of the two caught the mistake of the marshaler (guide man) either.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.