MD80 crew hit a fuel truck while parking at the gate.

Attributes
ACN	478321
Time
Date	200005
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ord.airport
State Reference	IL
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Super 80
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : taxi ground other : parking
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	478321
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical ground encounters : vehicle non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies
Independent Detector	other other : 4
Consequence	other other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Company
Primary Problem	Company

Narrative:

Aircraft hit fuel truck at left wingtip. Taxi in to gate was normal. Guidemen on both sides. Stopped as per guideman. Nothing unusual noted. Contacted by chief pilot (ord) while in operations, told me I hit fuel truck on left wingtip. Vice president ord and ramp manager debriefed captain/chief pilot. No fault was given to crew. Guideman did not give stop signal during last 10-15 ft of taxi, to keep from hitting truck.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD80 CREW HIT A FUEL TRUCK WHILE PARKING AT THE GATE.

Narrative: ACFT HIT FUEL TRUCK AT L WINGTIP. TAXI IN TO GATE WAS NORMAL. GUIDEMEN ON BOTH SIDES. STOPPED AS PER GUIDEMAN. NOTHING UNUSUAL NOTED. CONTACTED BY CHIEF PLT (ORD) WHILE IN OPS, TOLD ME I HIT FUEL TRUCK ON L WINGTIP. VICE PRESIDENT ORD AND RAMP MGR DEBRIEFED CAPT/CHIEF PLT. NO FAULT WAS GIVEN TO CREW. GUIDEMAN DID NOT GIVE STOP SIGNAL DURING LAST 10-15 FT OF TAXI, TO KEEP FROM HITTING 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.