A ramp agent placed the tire chocks in front of the aircraft tires prior to the aircraft reaching it...

Attributes
ACN	854085
Time
Date	200910
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	PHL.Airport
State Reference	PA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Ramp
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Narrative:

Chocks inserted while aircraft was still moving and under power approaching the gate. Aircraft was 1 foot short of stop bar using the self-park system at phl gate when the chocks were inserted. The marshaller had turned us over to the self-parking system to complete the gate arrival. Power was advanced on the left engine (single engine taxi) as we were approaching the gate. The aircraft would not move with increasing thrust on the left engine as we were approaching the the final phase of forward movement. An alert supervisor standing by in a truck recognized the faulty procedure and immediately jumped out of his truck to stop us from taxiing any further. Engine was shut down and aircraft parked short of the hold line. Inadequate training; experience level; attention to detail; attitude.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Ramp Agent placed the tire chocks in front of the aircraft tires prior to the aircraft reaching its parking spot. An observing Supervisor alerted the Captain to cease increasing power attempting to attain the parking spot with the wheels blocked.

Narrative: Chocks inserted while aircraft was still moving and under power approaching the gate. Aircraft was 1 foot short of stop bar using the self-park system at PHL gate when the chocks were inserted. The marshaller had turned us over to the self-parking system to complete the gate arrival. Power was advanced on the left engine (single engine taxi) as we were approaching the gate. The aircraft would not move with increasing thrust on the left engine as we were approaching the the final phase of forward movement. An alert supervisor standing by in a truck recognized the faulty procedure and immediately jumped out of his truck to stop us from taxiing any further. Engine was shut down and aircraft parked short of the hold line. Inadequate training; experience level; attention to detail; attitude.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

A ramp agent placed the tire chocks in front of the aircraft tires prior to the aircraft reaching its parking spot. An observing supervisor alerted the captain to cease increasing power attempting to attain the parking spot with the wheels blocked.