Arriving at gate, aircraft touched jetway, minor damage.

Attributes
ACN	223367
Time
Date	199210
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : fra
State Reference	FO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Dawn
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground : parked ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 175 flight time total : 26500 flight time type : 850
ASRS Report	223367
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground less severe other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Upon extremely slow arrival at gate in fra, confusion arose about parking mechanism. Aircraft gently touched jetway sustaining minor damage to L-2 slat and engine #1 pylon.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ARRIVING AT GATE, ACFT TOUCHED JETWAY, MINOR DAMAGE.

Narrative: UPON EXTREMELY SLOW ARR AT GATE IN FRA, CONFUSION AROSE ABOUT PARKING MECHANISM. ACFT GENTLY TOUCHED JETWAY SUSTAINING MINOR DAMAGE TO L-2 SLAT AND ENG #1 PYLON.

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.