Narrative:

I was the pilot flying (right seat) and the captain was the pilot monitoring (left seat). Upon landing at iad we taxied to the FBO ramp where we spotted the 'follow me' truck & followed him onto the ramp. The ground handler in the truck circled around and stepped out of the truck to marshal us in facing north with our left wing close to the building. I taxied the plane around so the nose of the plane was directly in line with where the ground handler was standing. There was a catering truck that was stopped on my left hand wing when I started to taxi in so I taxied in very slowly. The ground handler was motioning for me to come straight in from where I was lined up with him. As I was taxing in the handler was looking at me the whole time. The captain was looking out his window at our left wingtip and told me to stop after taxing in straight for a little bit; which I immediately did. He said it looked like if we kept taxing in that our wingtip was going to be close to the catering truck. While stopped; the ground handler kept motioning for us to come straight in. Both the captain and I shook our heads and gave him the brakes are on symbol; but the ground handler kept motioning for us to come straight in. The captain pointed out to our left wing so the ground handler ran out to the side of the plane to get a better view of the distance between the plane and the truck. He then came to the front of the aircraft and began to motion us to taxi to the right. I asked the captain if we were clear to come to the right and he said yes. I advanced the left thrust lever and pushed the right rudder pedal and right brake for differential braking moving a couple feet before I felt the wing hit the truck. I immediately stopped the plane and the captain indicated we would shut it down where it was. We checked on the passengers and went through the shut down checklist while I went back to open the cabin door and bring the passengers bags to the van. I would definitely recommend next time that if there is any doubt to stop and have the plane towed to the exact spot that the ground handlers want it.

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Title: During taxi into their parking spot under the direction of a Marshaller; the crew of a corporate jet reports left wingtip contacted a catering truck.

Narrative: I was the pilot flying (right seat) and the Captain was the pilot monitoring (left seat). Upon landing at IAD we taxied to the FBO ramp where we spotted the 'follow me' truck & followed him onto the ramp. The ground handler in the truck circled around and stepped out of the truck to marshal us in facing north with our left wing close to the building. I taxied the plane around so the nose of the plane was directly in line with where the ground handler was standing. There was a catering truck that was stopped on my left hand wing when I started to taxi in so I taxied in very slowly. The ground handler was motioning for me to come straight in from where I was lined up with him. As I was taxing in the handler was looking at me the whole time. The Captain was looking out his window at our left wingtip and told me to stop after taxing in straight for a little bit; which I immediately did. He said it looked like if we kept taxing in that our wingtip was going to be close to the catering truck. While stopped; the ground handler kept motioning for us to come straight in. Both the Captain and I shook our heads and gave him the brakes are on symbol; but the ground handler kept motioning for us to come straight in. The Captain pointed out to our left wing so the ground handler ran out to the side of the plane to get a better view of the distance between the plane and the truck. He then came to the front of the aircraft and began to motion us to taxi to the right. I asked the Captain if we were clear to come to the right and he said yes. I advanced the left thrust lever and pushed the right rudder pedal and right brake for differential braking moving a couple feet before I felt the wing hit the truck. I immediately stopped the plane and the Captain indicated we would shut it down where it was. We checked on the passengers and went through the shut down checklist while I went back to open the cabin door and bring the passengers bags to the van. I would definitely recommend next time that if there is any doubt to stop and have the plane towed to the exact spot that the ground handlers want it.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.