ACFT DAMAGED DURING RAMP OP ACFT PARKING PROC.

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EVENT OCCURRED DURING FLT NRT TO HNL ON MAR/TUE/92. THE ENTIRE FLT WENT NORMALLY UNTIL WE PULLED INTO THE JETWAY TO PARK. THE CAPT MOVED 'VERY' SLOWLY FORWARD AS HE FOLLOWED THE GND MARSHALLERS WAND INSTRUCTIONS. FROM THE SO'S SEAT IN THE WDB; IT'S DIFFICULT TO SEE MUCH UNDER THE ACFT NOSE; BUT I DO KNOW THAT THE GND MARSHALLER DID SIGNAL TO TRANSFER CTL TO THE 'TAXI LIGHTING' SYS MOUNTED ON THE JETWAY DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF OUR ACFT. I COULD SEE THESE LIGHTS! THE CAPT FOLLOWED THE LIGHTS TO A PERFECT; SLOW AND CTLED STOP. WE WERE SHORTLY ADVISED THAT THE L WING HAD SLID UNDER AND CONTACTED THE JETWAY STRUCTURE. I BELIEVE THAT THE SIGNAL LIGHT OPERATOR; WHOSE VIEW OF THE L WING WAS BLOCKED BY SOME MISPLACED BAGGAGE CARTS; GAVE THE CAPT IMPROPER SIGNALS; ALLOWING US TO TAXI TOO FAR FORWARD (10 FT) INTO THE JETWAY AREA. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 205431: GND CREW WAVED US IN WITH ORANGE WANDS BUT ONLY PART OF THE WAY. HE THEN POINTED THE WANDS AT THE PARKING LIGHT SYS INSTALLED ON THE TERMINAL WALL. I BELIEVE THE LIGHTS WERE GREEN AT THAT TIME; BUT MIGHT HAVE BEEN YELLOW. WE WERE TAXIING VERY SLOWLY; PROBABLY 1-2 KTS. THE GND CREWMAN WAS STANDING BY THE TERMINAL THEN; WITH HIS HAND ON A MANUAL STOP BUTTON ON THE WALL. THERE WERE 2 BAGGAGE CARTS IN FRONT OF HIM ALSO. THE L WING OF THE ACFT (UPPER SKIN) WAS SLIGHTLY DAMAGED AS IT WENT UNDER THE JETWAY. THE CAPT HAD NO POSSIBILITY OF SEEING THIS. ANOTHER GND WORKER RAN OUT OF THE NEARBY OFFICE AND TOLD THE GND CREWMAN TO STOP; AND IT WAS THEN THAT HE HIT THE MANUAL STOP BUTTON AND THE LIGHT TURNED RED; AND THE CAPT STOPPED THE ACFT. WE SHOULD NOT BE USING THESE LIGHTS. IN FACT; THE CREWMAN WHO RAN OUT AND SAID 'STOP' PLUGGED INTO THE ACFT INTERPHONE AND TOLD US WHAT HAD HAPPENED. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE HAD PREVIOUSLY TOLD 'HIM;' THE MARSHALLER; NOT TO USE THOSE LIGHTS.