A B767-300 holding short on a taxiway at jfk was struck by a runaway baggage cart.

Attributes
ACN	790606
Time
Date	200806
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : jfk.airport
State Reference	NY
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B767-300 and 300 ER
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : holding
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
ASRS Report	790606
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : relief pilot
ASRS Report	791504
Events
Anomaly	ground encounters other non adherence : company policies
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb other other : 3
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Company
Primary Problem	Company

Narrative:

At top of alley holding short of nc awaiting taxi clearance we received an interphone call from mid cabin. The flight attendant told us a baggage cart was rolling towards us from the left side of the aircraft. We looked out our left window and saw a cargo bin on its cart rolling towards us. It apparently was left in the gate area and its brake must have released. There were no ground personnel in the gate area. We shut down the left engine as a precaution before the cart struck us. Impact of cart was on lower left forward fuselage and bin punctured a hole in aircraft skin. Aircraft was taken OTS and we proceeded on to ZZZZ on another aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B767-300 HOLDING SHORT ON A TAXIWAY AT JFK WAS STRUCK BY A RUNAWAY BAGGAGE CART.

Narrative: AT TOP OF ALLEY HOLDING SHORT OF NC AWAITING TAXI CLRNC WE RECEIVED AN INTERPHONE CALL FROM MID CABIN. THE FLT ATTENDANT TOLD US A BAGGAGE CART WAS ROLLING TOWARDS US FROM THE L SIDE OF THE ACFT. WE LOOKED OUT OUR L WINDOW AND SAW A CARGO BIN ON ITS CART ROLLING TOWARDS US. IT APPARENTLY WAS LEFT IN THE GATE AREA AND ITS BRAKE MUST HAVE RELEASED. THERE WERE NO GND PERSONNEL IN THE GATE AREA. WE SHUT DOWN THE L ENG AS A PRECAUTION BEFORE THE CART STRUCK US. IMPACT OF CART WAS ON LOWER L FORWARD FUSELAGE AND BIN PUNCTURED A HOLE IN ACFT SKIN. ACFT WAS TAKEN OTS AND WE PROCEEDED ON TO ZZZZ ON ANOTHER ACFT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 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.