MD80 crew knocked baggage off baggage carts with jet blast, when parking at the gate.

Attributes
ACN	631867
Time
Date	200409
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lga.airport
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : cyul.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) 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 : first officer
ASRS Report	631867
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	ground encounters other non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other other : 3
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Company Airport
Primary Problem	Company

Narrative:

Ramp jet blast. Upon gate arrival we were informed that our jet blast had knocked some bags off a belt located at a gate behind us. No excessive thrust was used during parking.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD80 CREW KNOCKED BAGGAGE OFF BAGGAGE CARTS WITH JET BLAST, WHEN PARKING AT THE GATE.

Narrative: RAMP JET BLAST. UPON GATE ARR WE WERE INFORMED THAT OUR JET BLAST HAD KNOCKED SOME BAGS OFF A BELT LOCATED AT A GATE BEHIND US. NO EXCESSIVE THRUST WAS USED DURING PARKING.

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.