Gate agent reported damaging the aircraft aoa vane while positioning the jet bridge.

Narrative:

It seems that my meeting inbound aircraft X at gate X resulted in a broken aoa (angle of attack) vein. I feel that I was far enough from the aircraft to rotate the cabin comfortably however I did notice something fall to the ground before my final parked position. I notified the team lead when I got back to the gate area. I saw the video of the jet bridge movement and while I still feel comfortable with my actions; based on the angle of the video; I was notified that I rotated the cabin to close to the aircraft which resulted in the incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Gate Agent reported damaging the aircraft AOA vane while positioning the jet bridge.

Narrative: It seems that my meeting inbound Aircraft X at gate X resulted in a broken AOA (Angle of Attack) vein. I feel that I was far enough from the aircraft to rotate the cabin comfortably however I did notice something fall to the ground before my final parked position. I notified the team lead when I got back to the gate area. I saw the video of the jet bridge movement and while I still feel comfortable with my actions; based on the angle of the video; I was notified that I rotated the cabin to close to the aircraft which resulted in the incident.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1582745
Time
Date	201810
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Medium Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Angle of Attack Vane
Person 1
Function	Gate Agent / CSR
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Object