Air carrier medium large transport hit deice truck taxiing away from the deice area.

Attributes
ACN	200104
Time
Date	199201
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : pit
State Reference	PA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
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 : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 5000
ASRS Report	200104
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 195 flight time total : 6600
ASRS Report	200353
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Taxi in and deicing appeared normal. Started left engine and taxied out of car wash following maintenance personnel taxi instructions. As I started my right turn onto taxiway T, I felt what appeared like the nose wheel scrubbing on the snow. I released pressure on the steering, slowed and continued the turn. At this point we were well clear on the pad. While taxiing for takeoff, the a flight attendant informed me that a passenger noticed a light dangling from the right wing tip. I sent the first officer back to inspect the wing tip. He confirmed the damage and we returned to the gate. Upon inspection, I noted the right wing tip aft of the wing tip light assembly was damaged and the white tail light assembly was hanging down. I never felt any impact except as noted when turning on tango. It appears to me a truck brushed the wing tip.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR MLG HIT DEICE TRUCK TAXIING AWAY FROM THE DEICE AREA.

Narrative: TAXI IN AND DEICING APPEARED NORMAL. STARTED L ENG AND TAXIED OUT OF CAR WASH FOLLOWING MAINT PERSONNEL TAXI INSTRUCTIONS. AS I STARTED MY R TURN ONTO TAXIWAY T, I FELT WHAT APPEARED LIKE THE NOSE WHEEL SCRUBBING ON THE SNOW. I RELEASED PRESSURE ON THE STEERING, SLOWED AND CONTINUED THE TURN. AT THIS POINT WE WERE WELL CLR ON THE PAD. WHILE TAXIING FOR TKOF, THE A FLT ATTENDANT INFORMED ME THAT A PAX NOTICED A LIGHT DANGLING FROM THE R WING TIP. I SENT THE FO BACK TO INSPECT THE WING TIP. HE CONFIRMED THE DAMAGE AND WE RETURNED TO THE GATE. UPON INSPECTION, I NOTED THE R WING TIP AFT OF THE WING TIP LIGHT ASSEMBLY WAS DAMAGED AND THE WHITE TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY WAS HANGING DOWN. I NEVER FELT ANY IMPACT EXCEPT AS NOTED WHEN TURNING ON TANGO. IT APPEARS TO ME A TRUCK BRUSHED THE WING TIP.

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.