Ground incident. Wing tip strike by fuel truck on ramp.

Attributes
ACN	137142
Time
Date	199002
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lga
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 270 flight time total : 3540 flight time type : 890
ASRS Report	137142
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 3000
ASRS Report	136924
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

While sitting at the gate just prior to departure a fuel truck struck the right wingtip. The crew immediately removed the passenger via the forward entry. There were no fuel leaks involved. The aircraft was taken out of service and the trip cancelled.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GND INCIDENT. WING TIP STRIKE BY FUEL TRUCK ON RAMP.

Narrative: WHILE SITTING AT THE GATE JUST PRIOR TO DEP A FUEL TRUCK STRUCK THE RIGHT WINGTIP. THE CREW IMMEDIATELY REMOVED THE PAX VIA THE FORWARD ENTRY. THERE WERE NO FUEL LEAKS INVOLVED. THE ACFT WAS TAKEN OUT OF SVC AND THE TRIP CANCELLED.

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.