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A widebody transport commercial fixed wing aircraft while taxiing on to a gate incurred damage to the right engine cowling when struck by a baggage cart.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 371201 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199706 |
| Day | Wed |
| 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 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 15000 |
| ASRS Report | 371201 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified cockpit |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Taxiing south, approaching the lead in line to gate at chicago's O'hare airport we (both the first officer and I) verified that the gate area was clear of all obstacles and vehicles. After making the turn onto the gate toward the accupark system the ground mechanic signaled us to stop immediately. A few seconds later he signaled us to shut down the engine. A few moments later we were informed that a baggage cart had run into our right engine causing damage to the engine cowl.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A WDB COMMERCIAL FIXED WING ACFT WHILE TAXIING ON TO A GATE INCURRED DAMAGE TO THE R ENG COWLING WHEN STRUCK BY A BAGGAGE CART.
Narrative: TAXIING S, APCHING THE LEAD IN LINE TO GATE AT CHICAGO'S O'HARE ARPT WE (BOTH THE FO AND I) VERIFIED THAT THE GATE AREA WAS CLR OF ALL OBSTACLES AND VEHICLES. AFTER MAKING THE TURN ONTO THE GATE TOWARD THE ACCUPARK SYS THE GND MECH SIGNALED US TO STOP IMMEDIATELY. A FEW SECONDS LATER HE SIGNALED US TO SHUT DOWN THE ENG. A FEW MOMENTS LATER WE WERE INFORMED THAT A BAGGAGE CART HAD RUN INTO OUR R ENG CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE ENG COWL.
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.