Right wing tip hits ground vehicle upon taxi in to tramp. First officer on IOE trip.

Attributes
ACN	135205
Time
Date	199001
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : cvg
State Reference	OH
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 65 flight time total : 2400 flight time type : 65
ASRS Report	135205
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 4000
ASRS Report	134826
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground less severe other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Ambiguous
Air Traffic Incident	other other

Narrative:

At the completion of flight from sdf-cvg, the aircraft was being taxied in the ramp area to gate. The flight was the 4TH leg of the 1ST day of a 4-DAY trip. The 2ND of my 2 IOE's to complete initial copilot training. The aircraft was being taxied by the captain from the left seat. We turned left into the gate area and observed the usual vehicles parked to the right side of the ramp. Shortly thereafter, we heard the impact and stopped the aircraft. The right wing tip had struck the bucket of a deicing truck. It was determined that the vehicle had been parked slightly forward of its normal position. At first look everything appeared normal. The truck was only slightly out of position and the deviation wasn't at all apparent. Another costly lesson in outside vigilance during taxi.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RIGHT WING TIP HITS GND VEHICLE UPON TAXI IN TO TRAMP. FO ON IOE TRIP.

Narrative: AT THE COMPLETION OF FLT FROM SDF-CVG, THE ACFT WAS BEING TAXIED IN THE RAMP AREA TO GATE. THE FLT WAS THE 4TH LEG OF THE 1ST DAY OF A 4-DAY TRIP. THE 2ND OF MY 2 IOE'S TO COMPLETE INITIAL COPLT TRAINING. THE ACFT WAS BEING TAXIED BY THE CAPT FROM THE LEFT SEAT. WE TURNED LEFT INTO THE GATE AREA AND OBSERVED THE USUAL VEHICLES PARKED TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RAMP. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, WE HEARD THE IMPACT AND STOPPED THE ACFT. THE RIGHT WING TIP HAD STRUCK THE BUCKET OF A DEICING TRUCK. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED SLIGHTLY FORWARD OF ITS NORMAL POSITION. AT FIRST LOOK EVERYTHING APPEARED NORMAL. THE TRUCK WAS ONLY SLIGHTLY OUT OF POSITION AND THE DEVIATION WASN'T AT ALL APPARENT. ANOTHER COSTLY LESSON IN OUTSIDE VIGILANCE DURING TAXI.

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.