UNDER GUIDANCE BY 2 MARSHALLERS; ACFT HIT PORTABLE LIGHT POLE WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO R WINGTIP.

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AT JFK ONCE LANDED; NOTIFIED OPS WE WERE ON THE GND; ASSIGNED OUTER PARKING. PROCEEDED TO THE OUTER. STOPPED AT OUTER AWAITING RAMP PERSONNEL TO MARSHALL ME IN. 2 RAMP PERSONNEL PROCEEDED TO GUIDE ME IN. GUIDE MAN #1 BROUGHT ME IN TO AN ANGLE OF ABOUT 50 DEGS TO MY FINAL TURN. ADJACENT TO MY PARKING SPOT WERE 2 PORTABLE SPOTLIGHTS USED FOR ILLUMINATION DURING NIGHT HRS. WE WERE GIVEN THE FINAL SIGNAL TO TURN BY GUIDE MAN #1; TURNED TOWARDS THE L; WHERE GUIDE MAN #2 TOOK OVER WHILE GUIDE MAN #1 WAS USED FOR CLRNC FROM GND EQUIP. GUIDE MAN #1 AND GND EQUIP WERE TO MY R SIDE. FO WAS OBSERVING THE GUIDE MAN #1. GUIDE MAN #2 STRAIGHTENED OUT THE ARC FOR A BETTER TURN BUT THE CLRNC OF THE R WINGTIP FROM THE PORTABLE SPOTLIGHT WAS MISJUDGED BY GUIDE MAN #1 (GIVING OK SIGNALS TO THE FO AND GUIDE MAN #2) WHOM I WAS FOLLOWING. R WINGTIP HIT THE PORTABLE SPOTLIGHT; BARELY TOUCHED AND FELT THE IMPACT. DAMAGE WAS COSMETIC; R WING NAV LIGHT'S GLASS COVER WAS BROKEN. NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE ACFT. GLASS COVER WAS REPLACED BY MAINT AND ACFT RETURNED TO SVC.