A beech 1900 flight crew struck a gpu while under the direction of marshaller.

Attributes
ACN	438558
Time
Date	199905
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : cle.airport
State Reference	OH
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Beech 1900
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 2700 flight time type : 400
ASRS Report	438558
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe ground encounters : vehicle
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft Company
Primary Problem	Company

Narrative:

On preflight inspection in cle, no aircraft damage was present. Upon postflt inspection in abe, damage to rear left strake was noticed. I believe the damage was caused when the aircraft was being marshalled out of the parking spot. The marshaller/ramper apparently left the gpu cart behind the left engine and he turned us immediately to the right out of our parking spot. I believe this was when the tail struck the gpu cart. (Damage to a gpu cart was later discovered in cle.) the first officer and myself felt and heard nothing as we were turning out of the parking spot which would have given us reason to stop. The ramper/marshaller also gave us no indication -- whether verbally or body language -- to indicate to us an abnormal situation.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A BEECH 1900 FLC STRUCK A GPU WHILE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MARSHALLER.

Narrative: ON PREFLT INSPECTION IN CLE, NO ACFT DAMAGE WAS PRESENT. UPON POSTFLT INSPECTION IN ABE, DAMAGE TO REAR L STRAKE WAS NOTICED. I BELIEVE THE DAMAGE WAS CAUSED WHEN THE ACFT WAS BEING MARSHALLED OUT OF THE PARKING SPOT. THE MARSHALLER/RAMPER APPARENTLY LEFT THE GPU CART BEHIND THE L ENG AND HE TURNED US IMMEDIATELY TO THE R OUT OF OUR PARKING SPOT. I BELIEVE THIS WAS WHEN THE TAIL STRUCK THE GPU CART. (DAMAGE TO A GPU CART WAS LATER DISCOVERED IN CLE.) THE FO AND MYSELF FELT AND HEARD NOTHING AS WE WERE TURNING OUT OF THE PARKING SPOT WHICH WOULD HAVE GIVEN US REASON TO STOP. THE RAMPER/MARSHALLER ALSO GAVE US NO INDICATION -- WHETHER VERBALLY OR BODY LANGUAGE -- TO INDICATE TO US AN ABNORMAL SIT.

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.