Large transport aircraft taxiing to gate with marshaller hits parked tug with right engine.

Attributes
ACN	342482
Time
Date	199607
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dtw
State Reference	MI
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 4600 flight time type : 2500
ASRS Report	342482
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 215 flight time total : 8100 flight time type : 290
ASRS Report	342622
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

We were taxiing to the gate and the marshaller guided us into a tug that hit the right engine.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LGT ACFT TAXIING TO GATE WITH MARSHALLER HITS PARKED TUG WITH R ENG.

Narrative: WE WERE TAXIING TO THE GATE AND THE MARSHALLER GUIDED US INTO A TUG THAT HIT THE R ENG.

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.