B737 captain reported braking aggressively to avoid a collision with a truck on the den ramp.

Attributes
ACN	1482262
Time
Date	201709
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	DEN.Airport
State Reference	CO
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Total 6298 Flight Crew Type 1173
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

Taxiing in to the gate; the captain witnessed a truck approaching from the right at high speed. Captain applied brakes and came to an aggressive stop as truck skidded to a stop almost striking a wing walker.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 Captain reported braking aggressively to avoid a collision with a truck on the DEN ramp.

Narrative: Taxiing in to the gate; the Captain witnessed a truck approaching from the right at high speed. Captain applied brakes and came to an aggressive stop as truck skidded to a stop almost striking a wing walker.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.