Wingtip strike by a 320 on a parked truck in ramp operation aircraft parking procedure.

Attributes
ACN	261071
Time
Date	199401
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dtw
State Reference	MI
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	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground : parked 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 : 105 flight time total : 5500 flight time type : 2500
ASRS Report	261071
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical non adherence : published procedure
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:

Approaching gate at dtw, we stopped aircraft for movement of a fuel truck and guideman positioning. Fuel truck was removed. 2 left wing walkers, a right wing walker and a nose guideman assumed proper position. We moved ahead and stopped again, twice, while the 2 left wing walkers moved a panel truck from the left wing area. We moved ahead under 'all clear' signals from all guidemen position. Aircraft stopped 4 ft short of parking position. Nose guideman continued giving the taxi forward/all clear signal. Last 2 inches of left wingtip struck a parked truck.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: WINGTIP STRIKE BY A 320 ON A PARKED TRUCK IN RAMP OP ACFT PARKING PROC.

Narrative: APCHING GATE AT DTW, WE STOPPED ACFT FOR MOVEMENT OF A FUEL TRUCK AND GUIDEMAN POSITIONING. FUEL TRUCK WAS REMOVED. 2 L WING WALKERS, A R WING WALKER AND A NOSE GUIDEMAN ASSUMED PROPER POS. WE MOVED AHEAD AND STOPPED AGAIN, TWICE, WHILE THE 2 L WING WALKERS MOVED A PANEL TRUCK FROM THE L WING AREA. WE MOVED AHEAD UNDER 'ALL CLR' SIGNALS FROM ALL GUIDEMEN POS. ACFT STOPPED 4 FT SHORT OF PARKING POS. NOSE GUIDEMAN CONTINUED GIVING THE TAXI FORWARD/ALL CLR SIGNAL. LAST 2 INCHES OF L WINGTIP STRUCK A PARKED TRUCK.

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.