B777-200 crew collided with a baggage cart when parking at the gate. Aircraft was damaged.

Attributes
ACN	631782
Time
Date	200409
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dfw.airport
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : sumu.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
ASRS Report	631782
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical ground encounters : vehicle non adherence : far non adherence : company policies
Independent Detector	other other : 3
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Aircraft damage on ground. On arrival to the ramp to park at gate, there was no crew and a red light on the parking system. A crew arrived and subsequently illuminated the green light. Taxi towards the gate on the appropriate line was commenced. I was aware that the aircraft should stop when the light turned red, but for some unknown reason, I was distraction and was not aware of the light changing to red. I noticed the ground man giving me a stop signal with his hands, and at that point the light was in fact red. I stopped/shutdown the aircraft. I was advised that the nose gear door had a small gash in the composite caused by colliding with part of a baggage cart. While not aware of why I was distraction, it is worthwhile to point out that I had passed several legs of all night flying, and woke up at XA30 for this particular flight.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B777-200 CREW COLLIDED WITH A BAGGAGE CART WHEN PARKING AT THE GATE. ACFT WAS DAMAGED.

Narrative: ACFT DAMAGE ON GND. ON ARR TO THE RAMP TO PARK AT GATE, THERE WAS NO CREW AND A RED LIGHT ON THE PARKING SYS. A CREW ARRIVED AND SUBSEQUENTLY ILLUMINATED THE GREEN LIGHT. TAXI TOWARDS THE GATE ON THE APPROPRIATE LINE WAS COMMENCED. I WAS AWARE THAT THE ACFT SHOULD STOP WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED RED, BUT FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON, I WAS DISTR AND WAS NOT AWARE OF THE LIGHT CHANGING TO RED. I NOTICED THE GND MAN GIVING ME A STOP SIGNAL WITH HIS HANDS, AND AT THAT POINT THE LIGHT WAS IN FACT RED. I STOPPED/SHUTDOWN THE ACFT. I WAS ADVISED THAT THE NOSE GEAR DOOR HAD A SMALL GASH IN THE COMPOSITE CAUSED BY COLLIDING WITH PART OF A BAGGAGE CART. WHILE NOT AWARE OF WHY I WAS DISTR, IT IS WORTHWHILE TO POINT OUT THAT I HAD PASSED SEVERAL LEGS OF ALL NIGHT FLYING, AND WOKE UP AT XA30 FOR THIS PARTICULAR FLT.

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.