EMB120 captain respositioning aircraft on ramp misinterps signaler and moves, contacting the gpu.

Attributes
ACN	385916
Time
Date	199711
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sba
State Reference	CA
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	Brasilia EMB-120 All Series
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 300 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 3000
ASRS Report	385916
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Was asked to repos aircraft 100 ft forward. First officer had left for the night. Misinterping ground signaler, moved about 1 ft and lightly contacted the gpu as it was being pulled away.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: EMB120 CAPT RESPOSITIONING ACFT ON RAMP MISINTERPS SIGNALER AND MOVES, CONTACTING THE GPU.

Narrative: WAS ASKED TO REPOS ACFT 100 FT FORWARD. FO HAD LEFT FOR THE NIGHT. MISINTERPING GND SIGNALER, MOVED ABOUT 1 FT AND LIGHTLY CONTACTED THE GPU AS IT WAS BEING PULLED AWAY.

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.