Aircraft wingtip and ground vehicle contact each other during parking at the gate.

Attributes
ACN	303578
Time
Date	199505
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : cvg
State Reference	OH
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	Commercial Fixed Wing
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 : instrument pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 175 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 900
ASRS Report	303578
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground less severe other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified cockpit other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 0 vertical : 0
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Entering the gate, the ramp agent signaled us to proceed forward. While taxiing forward, the captain thought the aircraft was too close to a ground vehicle and stopped the aircraft. Maintenance inspected the left tip, found a scratch, but determined the aircraft to be safe for flight.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACFT WINGTIP AND GND VEHICLE CONTACT EACH OTHER DURING PARKING AT THE GATE.

Narrative: ENTERING THE GATE, THE RAMP AGENT SIGNALED US TO PROCEED FORWARD. WHILE TAXIING FORWARD, THE CAPT THOUGHT THE ACFT WAS TOO CLOSE TO A GND VEHICLE AND STOPPED THE ACFT. MAINT INSPECTED THE L TIP, FOUND A SCRATCH, BUT DETERMINED THE ACFT TO BE SAFE FOR FLT.

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.