Air carrier large transport left wing was struck by a food truck.

Attributes
ACN	185774
Time
Date	199108
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : jfk
State Reference	NY
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	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 1800
ASRS Report	185774
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 other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 0 vertical : 0
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Aircraft was taxied into jfk, gate at domestic terminal. A food (?) truck was observed with a possible conflict with the left wing tip. The aircraft was stopped by the captain. Maintenance ground personnel provided a wing walker giving the thumbs up signal, whereby the captain continued taxiing the aircraft into the gate. All crew exited the aircraft and continued to the next flight assignment. We (the cockpit crew) were advised the next day that a wing tip had been struck.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR LGT L WING WAS STRUCK BY A FOOD TRUCK.

Narrative: ACFT WAS TAXIED INTO JFK, GATE AT DOMESTIC TERMINAL. A FOOD (?) TRUCK WAS OBSERVED WITH A POSSIBLE CONFLICT WITH THE L WING TIP. THE ACFT WAS STOPPED BY THE CAPT. MAINT GND PERSONNEL PROVIDED A WING WALKER GIVING THE THUMBS UP SIGNAL, WHEREBY THE CAPT CONTINUED TAXIING THE ACFT INTO THE GATE. ALL CREW EXITED THE ACFT AND CONTINUED TO THE NEXT FLT ASSIGNMENT. WE (THE COCKPIT CREW) WERE ADVISED THE NEXT DAY THAT A WING TIP HAD BEEN STRUCK.

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.