Captain of an medium large transport air carrier aircraft caused damage to some baggage carts due to the aircraft's jet blast when it did a 180 degree turn around in the gate area.

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Attributes
ACN	260875
Time
Date	199401
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : atl
State Reference	GA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 190 flight time total : 11000
ASRS Report	260875
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

I was cleared to do a 180 degree in the ramp area to repos to another gate. In so doing, I damaged some baggage carts due to jet blast. No one was hurt.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CAPT OF AN MLG ACR ACFT CAUSED DAMAGE TO SOME BAGGAGE CARTS DUE TO THE ACFT'S JET BLAST WHEN IT DID A 180 DEG TURN AROUND IN THE GATE AREA.

Narrative: I WAS CLRED TO DO A 180 DEG IN THE RAMP AREA TO REPOS TO ANOTHER GATE. IN SO DOING, I DAMAGED SOME BAGGAGE CARTS DUE TO JET BLAST. NO ONE WAS HURT.

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.