PA28 pilot has collision with fuel truck while taxiing at ifp.

Attributes
ACN	580331
Time
Date	200304
Day	Tue
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ifp.airport
State Reference	AZ
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	PA-28 Cherokee/Archer II/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 23 flight time total : 76.8 flight time type : 52.8
ASRS Report	580331
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : ground
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground less severe ground encounters : vehicle
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

After landing at ifp, I contacted ground control and was cleared to taxi to transient parking. While taxiing along a row of parked airplanes, the left wingtip of the archer clipped a fuel truck, which was parked partially in the taxiway. I was taxiing on the centerline of the taxiway, and was never informed of the fuel truck by ground control. Damage was caused to the wingtip. Pilots flying into ifp should be aware of the potential of fuel trucks parked in the taxiway as well as the fact that ground control may not issue warnings of potential hazards.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PA28 PLT HAS COLLISION WITH FUEL TRUCK WHILE TAXIING AT IFP.

Narrative: AFTER LNDG AT IFP, I CONTACTED GND CTL AND WAS CLRED TO TAXI TO TRANSIENT PARKING. WHILE TAXIING ALONG A ROW OF PARKED AIRPLANES, THE L WINGTIP OF THE ARCHER CLIPPED A FUEL TRUCK, WHICH WAS PARKED PARTIALLY IN THE TXWY. I WAS TAXIING ON THE CTRLINE OF THE TXWY, AND WAS NEVER INFORMED OF THE FUEL TRUCK BY GND CTL. DAMAGE WAS CAUSED TO THE WINGTIP. PLTS FLYING INTO IFP SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL OF FUEL TRUCKS PARKED IN THE TXWY AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT GND CTL MAY NOT ISSUE WARNINGS OF POTENTIAL HAZARDS.

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.