Air carrier medium large transport wing tip strike on fuel truck when parking at gate.

Attributes
ACN	222895
Time
Date	199210
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : atl
State Reference	GA
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 other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 40 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	222895
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer observation : company check pilot
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 12500 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	222876
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

When taxiing into assigned gate parking position, ground taxi director directed a stop (using light signal) about 4-6 ft short of normal gate position. Very shortly thereafter (about 20 seconds) a green light indicated continue taxi. After moving only about 1 ft, the aircraft contacted something and aircraft was stopped and chocked. Subsequent investigation indicated that a fuel truck had moved into position forward of the right wing when the aircraft stopped the first time. The leading edge of the right wing was contacted by the fuel truck as the aircraft moved forward into final position. The incident was apparently caused by an unnecessary and unintentional stop signal short of the intended stop point and poor coordination between the taxi director and other ground personnel servicing the aircraft. Supplemental information from acn 222876: the agent in the jetway indicated we were short of the gate and the parking lights went off. After a 15- 20 second pause, we received a green light. We added power to pull up to the final parking location and felt a bump.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR MLG WING TIP STRIKE ON FUEL TRUCK WHEN PARKING AT GATE.

Narrative: WHEN TAXIING INTO ASSIGNED GATE PARKING POS, GND TAXI DIRECTOR DIRECTED A STOP (USING LIGHT SIGNAL) ABOUT 4-6 FT SHORT OF NORMAL GATE POS. VERY SHORTLY THEREAFTER (ABOUT 20 SECONDS) A GREEN LIGHT INDICATED CONTINUE TAXI. AFTER MOVING ONLY ABOUT 1 FT, THE ACFT CONTACTED SOMETHING AND ACFT WAS STOPPED AND CHOCKED. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION INDICATED THAT A FUEL TRUCK HAD MOVED INTO POS FORWARD OF THE R WING WHEN THE ACFT STOPPED THE FIRST TIME. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE R WING WAS CONTACTED BY THE FUEL TRUCK AS THE ACFT MOVED FORWARD INTO FINAL POS. THE INCIDENT WAS APPARENTLY CAUSED BY AN UNNECESSARY AND UNINTENTIONAL STOP SIGNAL SHORT OF THE INTENDED STOP POINT AND POOR COORD BTWN THE TAXI DIRECTOR AND OTHER GND PERSONNEL SVCING THE ACFT. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 222876: THE AGENT IN THE JETWAY INDICATED WE WERE SHORT OF THE GATE AND THE PARKING LIGHTS WENT OFF. AFTER A 15- 20 SECOND PAUSE, WE RECEIVED A GREEN LIGHT. WE ADDED PWR TO PULL UP TO THE FINAL PARKING LOCATION AND FELT A BUMP.

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.