B737 hit by belt loader which imbedded itself into side of B737 after flight had parked at the gate.

Attributes
ACN	622366
Time
Date	200308
Day	Fri
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : sfo.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 6500
ASRS Report	622366
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe conflict : ground less severe ground encounters : vehicle non adherence : company policies
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb other other : 3
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Company
Primary Problem	Company

Narrative:

After flight had blocked in and parking checklist completed, we felt a jolt and loud bang. Main cabin door was open and most of the first class passenger had deplaned. First officer stated that it appeared we were hit by a belt loader. Notified ramp control and asked them to send a supervisor. Went to the ramp and found belt loader imbedded into the aircraft, just aft of bin #1. Returned to aircraft and notified operations that the aircraft was OTS.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 HIT BY BELT LOADER WHICH IMBEDDED ITSELF INTO SIDE OF B737 AFTER FLT HAD PARKED AT THE GATE.

Narrative: AFTER FLT HAD BLOCKED IN AND PARKING CHKLIST COMPLETED, WE FELT A JOLT AND LOUD BANG. MAIN CABIN DOOR WAS OPEN AND MOST OF THE FIRST CLASS PAX HAD DEPLANED. FO STATED THAT IT APPEARED WE WERE HIT BY A BELT LOADER. NOTIFIED RAMP CTL AND ASKED THEM TO SEND A SUPVR. WENT TO THE RAMP AND FOUND BELT LOADER IMBEDDED INTO THE ACFT, JUST AFT OF BIN #1. RETURNED TO ACFT AND NOTIFIED OPS THAT THE ACFT WAS OTS.

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.