Narrative:

Aircraft ground incident. On arrival into ord gate af, stopped aircraft short of gate to await arrival of ground crew for marshalling. Ground crews were bringing other aircraft into gates ab and ah. Ground crew came over to our gate, taxi director obtained wands, and started to direct aircraft to parking spot. Taxied aircraft forward slowly while noting a tug positioned beyond jetbridge. Proceeded ahead slowly under guideman's direction and noted the tug going out of view beneath nose of aircraft. Lineman was still giving slow ahead directions positioned on my side of tug and still giving come ahead signal when slight impact was felt/heard. Stopped aircraft immediately. Jetbridge was brought up to aircraft, and after passenger deplaned I walked out on jetbridge ladder and noted bottom of aircraft nose radome had impacted cabin cover of tug causing slight indentation of bottom of radome.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 HIT A TUG WHILE BEING MARSHALLED INTO THE GATE.

Narrative: ACFT GND INCIDENT. ON ARR INTO ORD GATE AF, STOPPED ACFT SHORT OF GATE TO AWAIT ARR OF GND CREW FOR MARSHALLING. GND CREWS WERE BRINGING OTHER ACFT INTO GATES AB AND AH. GND CREW CAME OVER TO OUR GATE, TAXI DIRECTOR OBTAINED WANDS, AND STARTED TO DIRECT ACFT TO PARKING SPOT. TAXIED ACFT FORWARD SLOWLY WHILE NOTING A TUG POSITIONED BEYOND JETBRIDGE. PROCEEDED AHEAD SLOWLY UNDER GUIDEMAN'S DIRECTION AND NOTED THE TUG GOING OUT OF VIEW BENEATH NOSE OF ACFT. LINEMAN WAS STILL GIVING SLOW AHEAD DIRECTIONS POSITIONED ON MY SIDE OF TUG AND STILL GIVING COME AHEAD SIGNAL WHEN SLIGHT IMPACT WAS FELT/HEARD. STOPPED ACFT IMMEDIATELY. JETBRIDGE WAS BROUGHT UP TO ACFT, AND AFTER PAX DEPLANED I WALKED OUT ON JETBRIDGE LADDER AND NOTED BOTTOM OF ACFT NOSE RADOME HAD IMPACTED CABIN COVER OF TUG CAUSING SLIGHT INDENTATION OF BOTTOM OF RADOME.

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.