Jet blast injury during taxi.

Attributes
ACN	279791
Time
Date	199408
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ewr
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 175 flight time total : 16300 flight time type : 1100
ASRS Report	279791
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Captain overshot guideline to gate. Confusion over whether or not he was to be towed into that gate as a tug was directly in front of the aircraft. After confirming with ramp control that xx was our gate and conflicting signals from ramp personnel, captain made a left turn so that engine tailpipes faced the jetway. Baggage cart was overturned, injuring one of the ramp personnel.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: JET BLAST INJURY DURING TAXI.

Narrative: CAPT OVERSHOT GUIDELINE TO GATE. CONFUSION OVER WHETHER OR NOT HE WAS TO BE TOWED INTO THAT GATE AS A TUG WAS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE ACFT. AFTER CONFIRMING WITH RAMP CTL THAT XX WAS OUR GATE AND CONFLICTING SIGNALS FROM RAMP PERSONNEL, CAPT MADE A L TURN SO THAT ENG TAILPIPES FACED THE JETWAY. BAGGAGE CART WAS OVERTURNED, INJURING ONE OF THE RAMP PERSONNEL.

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.