Ground collision between medium large transport and fuel truck.

Attributes
ACN	140055
Time
Date	199003
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ord
State Reference	IL
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
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground : holding ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 150
ASRS Report	140055
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Guide man marshalled us in toward gate at ord. We stopped short of hold line due to a pickup truck parked over the safety line on our left side. Guideman disappeared from view, and came back several mins later. He gave us the 'come forward' signal, so we released brakes and taxied forward. We soon felt what we thought was a brake grabbing or the aircraft sliding. We parked the aircraft at the gate and we were then informed by the aft F/a that a fuel truck had backed into our right wing. The aircraft had a small hole in the right wing, and several deep scratches along the underside of the wing. 2 costly mistakes: 1) fueler never should have approached the aircraft with the rotating beacon on and wheels unchked. He thought we were parked at the gate. 2) the guide man never looked at his left (or right) before taxiing us forward. These are the lessons to be learned when operating on or near an aircraft in the 'on-time' environment we work in.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GND COLLISION BETWEEN MLG AND FUEL TRUCK.

Narrative: GUIDE MAN MARSHALLED US IN TOWARD GATE AT ORD. WE STOPPED SHORT OF HOLD LINE DUE TO A PICKUP TRUCK PARKED OVER THE SAFETY LINE ON OUR LEFT SIDE. GUIDEMAN DISAPPEARED FROM VIEW, AND CAME BACK SEVERAL MINS LATER. HE GAVE US THE 'COME FORWARD' SIGNAL, SO WE RELEASED BRAKES AND TAXIED FORWARD. WE SOON FELT WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS A BRAKE GRABBING OR THE ACFT SLIDING. WE PARKED THE ACFT AT THE GATE AND WE WERE THEN INFORMED BY THE AFT F/A THAT A FUEL TRUCK HAD BACKED INTO OUR RIGHT WING. THE ACFT HAD A SMALL HOLE IN THE RIGHT WING, AND SEVERAL DEEP SCRATCHES ALONG THE UNDERSIDE OF THE WING. 2 COSTLY MISTAKES: 1) FUELER NEVER SHOULD HAVE APCHED THE ACFT WITH THE ROTATING BEACON ON AND WHEELS UNCHKED. HE THOUGHT WE WERE PARKED AT THE GATE. 2) THE GUIDE MAN NEVER LOOKED AT HIS LEFT (OR RIGHT) BEFORE TAXIING US FORWARD. THESE ARE THE LESSONS TO BE LEARNED WHEN OPERATING ON OR NEAR AN ACFT IN THE 'ON-TIME' ENVIRONMENT WE WORK IN.

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.