Air carrier medium large transport taxiing collided with truck.

Attributes
ACN	83402
Time
Date	198803
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : atl
State Reference	GA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : mgm
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 350
ASRS Report	83402
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 2500 flight time type : 700
ASRS Report	83479
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 0 vertical : 0
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

On taxi in at altitude, southbound on ramp 3, right side. Normal taxi speed, taxi light on. Vending truck struck aircraft from left side. Truck was seen just before impact. Brakes were applied. Truck hit radome area and was rolled on its side. Trucks speed and the driver's failure to observe aircraft right of way were major contributing factors.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR MLG TAXIING COLLIDED WITH TRUCK.

Narrative: ON TAXI IN AT ALT, SBND ON RAMP 3, RIGHT SIDE. NORMAL TAXI SPD, TAXI LIGHT ON. VENDING TRUCK STRUCK ACFT FROM LEFT SIDE. TRUCK WAS SEEN JUST BEFORE IMPACT. BRAKES WERE APPLIED. TRUCK HIT RADOME AREA AND WAS ROLLED ON ITS SIDE. TRUCKS SPD AND THE DRIVER'S FAILURE TO OBSERVE ACFT RIGHT OF WAY WERE MAJOR CONTRIBUTING FACTORS.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.