Narrative:

Upon taxi into gate at lga, fuel truck was observed in close proximity of aircraft parked at gate adjacent to our assigned gate on our left. 'Wing walkers' were in place off both of our wingtips and gave us 'thumbs-up' all clear signals as we pulled slowly into gate. The parking signalman was in proper position at the head of the lead-in line and gave what appeared to be proper guidance to park the aircraft at the proper position for jetway positioning. The normal slow stop signal was given by him, with no sense of urgency noted. I set the parking brake, we accomplished the securing checklist, and passenger were deplaned. I then proceeded to the company dispatch department to accomplish flight planning and other paperwork for our subsequent flight. During this time, the first officer came to advise me that the so had found damage to the left leading edge wingtip of our aircraft on his post- and preflight walkaround. We had apparently struck the fuel truck on our taxi in to the gate, although the truck had been moved by this time, and it was impossible to determine the exact sequence of events. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information from multiple acn 320166: after the aircraft damage was discovered the next flight was canceled for aircraft repair, which took about 6 hours. The company chief pilot was notified who in turn contacted the FAA. The FAA said it was non-event because, if the aircraft hit the fuel truck while under marshaller guidance, it was not attributable to the captain, and if the truck hit the aircraft when it was parked, it was not under the FAA authority/authorized. Reporter so says he felt the aircraft bumped after it was parked and when doing his walkaround discovered the damage. At that time he saw the fueler supervisor yelling at the fueler. The supervisor had witnessed the event and seen the truck hit the aircraft.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LGT HAS WINGTIP DAMAGED DURING OR AFTER RAMP OP ACFT PARKING PROC. FUEL TRUCK IN RAMP AREA.

Narrative: UPON TAXI INTO GATE AT LGA, FUEL TRUCK WAS OBSERVED IN CLOSE PROX OF ACFT PARKED AT GATE ADJACENT TO OUR ASSIGNED GATE ON OUR L. 'WING WALKERS' WERE IN PLACE OFF BOTH OF OUR WINGTIPS AND GAVE US 'THUMBS-UP' ALL CLR SIGNALS AS WE PULLED SLOWLY INTO GATE. THE PARKING SIGNALMAN WAS IN PROPER POS AT THE HEAD OF THE LEAD-IN LINE AND GAVE WHAT APPEARED TO BE PROPER GUIDANCE TO PARK THE ACFT AT THE PROPER POS FOR JETWAY POSITIONING. THE NORMAL SLOW STOP SIGNAL WAS GIVEN BY HIM, WITH NO SENSE OF URGENCY NOTED. I SET THE PARKING BRAKE, WE ACCOMPLISHED THE SECURING CHKLIST, AND PAX WERE DEPLANED. I THEN PROCEEDED TO THE COMPANY DISPATCH DEPT TO ACCOMPLISH FLT PLANNING AND OTHER PAPERWORK FOR OUR SUBSEQUENT FLT. DURING THIS TIME, THE FO CAME TO ADVISE ME THAT THE SO HAD FOUND DAMAGE TO THE L LEADING EDGE WINGTIP OF OUR ACFT ON HIS POST- AND PREFLT WALKAROUND. WE HAD APPARENTLY STRUCK THE FUEL TRUCK ON OUR TAXI IN TO THE GATE, ALTHOUGH THE TRUCK HAD BEEN MOVED BY THIS TIME, AND IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE THE EXACT SEQUENCE OF EVENTS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO FROM MULTIPLE ACN 320166: AFTER THE ACFT DAMAGE WAS DISCOVERED THE NEXT FLT WAS CANCELED FOR ACFT REPAIR, WHICH TOOK ABOUT 6 HRS. THE COMPANY CHIEF PLT WAS NOTIFIED WHO IN TURN CONTACTED THE FAA. THE FAA SAID IT WAS NON-EVENT BECAUSE, IF THE ACFT HIT THE FUEL TRUCK WHILE UNDER MARSHALLER GUIDANCE, IT WAS NOT ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE CAPT, AND IF THE TRUCK HIT THE ACFT WHEN IT WAS PARKED, IT WAS NOT UNDER THE FAA AUTH. RPTR SO SAYS HE FELT THE ACFT BUMPED AFTER IT WAS PARKED AND WHEN DOING HIS WALKAROUND DISCOVERED THE DAMAGE. AT THAT TIME HE SAW THE FUELER SUPVR YELLING AT THE FUELER. THE SUPVR HAD WITNESSED THE EVENT AND SEEN THE TRUCK HIT THE ACFT.

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.