Aircraft taxiing into gate hits tug left running and parked in wrong area.

Attributes
ACN	280792
Time
Date	199408
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ord
State Reference	IL
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 : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 270 flight time total : 10000
ASRS Report	280792
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 : detected after the fact
Consequence	other Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Taxied into gate. Cleared the area visually and proceeded towards terminal. #3 engine hit a tug during a right turn in. The tug was not in a protected area, further it was determined that tug was running and could have slipped into gear. Tug driver can't be found for comment. No injuries on ground or in aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACFT TAXIING INTO GATE HITS TUG LEFT RUNNING AND PARKED IN WRONG AREA.

Narrative: TAXIED INTO GATE. CLRED THE AREA VISUALLY AND PROCEEDED TOWARDS TERMINAL. #3 ENG HIT A TUG DURING A R TURN IN. THE TUG WAS NOT IN A PROTECTED AREA, FURTHER IT WAS DETERMINED THAT TUG WAS RUNNING AND COULD HAVE SLIPPED INTO GEAR. TUG DRIVER CAN'T BE FOUND FOR COMMENT. NO INJURIES ON GND OR IN ACFT.

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.