Narrative:

Mishap occurred as brakes were parked on taxi into gate at mco. Normal signals to proceed into gate, park brakes and shutdown engines were received from the marshaller. After deplaning it was noticed that the left wing leading edge had contacted the top RAIL of a widebody cargo loader as the aircraft rolled to a stop. This left a vertical dent and cut about 2 in long and 2 ft inboard of red navigation light. No aircraft wing clearance safety lines were evident on the pavement in the gate area. No signals were given that the aircraft wings were close to any obstructions. The gate area did in fact look clear approaching, however, the angular approach to this corner gate could have contributed to a misleading clearance from subject loader. Also the jetway obscured the captain's vision out to the left side during the last 20-30 ft of roll. The aircraft was parked dead center on the parking line with the nose wheel right on the spot. Observation: simple ground wing clearance safety lines would have prevented his mishap.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: WING TIP STRIKE REVEALED UPON POST FLT INSPECTION AFTER RAMP OPERATION ACFT PARKING PROC.

Narrative: MISHAP OCCURRED AS BRAKES WERE PARKED ON TAXI INTO GATE AT MCO. NORMAL SIGNALS TO PROCEED INTO GATE, PARK BRAKES AND SHUTDOWN ENGS WERE RECEIVED FROM THE MARSHALLER. AFTER DEPLANING IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE L WING LEADING EDGE HAD CONTACTED THE TOP RAIL OF A WIDEBODY CARGO LOADER AS THE ACFT ROLLED TO A STOP. THIS L A VERT DENT AND CUT ABOUT 2 IN LONG AND 2 FT INBOARD OF RED NAV LIGHT. NO ACFT WING CLRNC SAFETY LINES WERE EVIDENT ON THE PAVEMENT IN THE GATE AREA. NO SIGNALS WERE GIVEN THAT THE ACFT WINGS WERE CLOSE TO ANY OBSTRUCTIONS. THE GATE AREA DID IN FACT LOOK CLR APCHING, HOWEVER, THE ANGULAR APCH TO THIS CORNER GATE COULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO A MISLEADING CLRNC FROM SUBJECT LOADER. ALSO THE JETWAY OBSCURED THE CAPT'S VISION OUT TO THE L SIDE DURING THE LAST 20-30 FT OF ROLL. THE ACFT WAS PARKED DEAD CENTER ON THE PARKING LINE WITH THE NOSE WHEEL R ON THE SPOT. OBSERVATION: SIMPLE GND WING CLRNC SAFETY LINES WOULD HAVE PREVENTED HIS MISHAP.

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