Narrative:

After loading the aircraft; I volunteered to wing walk the flight off [the gate]. I grabbed a pair of wands and proceeded to walk to the white line behind the aircraft separating the gate area from the service road. I was positioned on the right side of the aircraft; which was the left side of the tow tractor driver. Once on the white line; I looked back toward the tow tractor driver when I noticed two trucks parked side by side next to each other both outside the red line. The truck closest to the red line was a vendor truck. I thought that this was going to be a tight spot for the aircraft to get by them so I walked up to next to the [vendor] truck by the cone underneath the wing to give myself a better view. Once in position; I made eye contact with the tow tractor driver. [The tug driver] gave us the 'brakes released signal' and proceeded to start pushing the aircraft off the gate. [The tug driver] pushed the aircraft about 5 feet when I realized that he was not going to clear the [vendor] truck. I immediately gave him the 'stop signal' and [the tug driver] brought the aircraft to a full stop with the right wing tip coming within 6 inches of the [vendor] truck. The wing never touched the [vendor] truck. [The supervisor] showed up to the gate; took a look at the situation; and said that we need to move these trucks. I heard [the supervisor] on the radio calling control. While [the supervisor] was on the radio; the [vendor] driver showed up at the gate; jumped in his truck; and started to drive it forward. He drove approximately 5 feet when [the supervisor] told him to stop. Approximately one to two minutes later; someone moved the aircraft back to its original marked position. At no time during all of this did I see the aircraft or the [vendor] truck make contact with each other.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: During push-back from a gate; the aircraft was stopped prior to the wing making contact with a truck that was parked very close to the clearance line.

Narrative: After loading the aircraft; I volunteered to wing walk the flight off [the gate]. I grabbed a pair of wands and proceeded to walk to the white line behind the aircraft separating the gate area from the service road. I was positioned on the right side of the aircraft; which was the left side of the tow tractor driver. Once on the white line; I looked back toward the tow tractor driver when I noticed two trucks parked side by side next to each other both outside the red line. The truck closest to the red line was a vendor truck. I thought that this was going to be a tight spot for the aircraft to get by them so I walked up to next to the [vendor] truck by the cone underneath the wing to give myself a better view. Once in position; I made eye contact with the tow tractor driver. [The tug driver] gave us the 'Brakes Released Signal' and proceeded to start pushing the aircraft off the gate. [The tug driver] pushed the aircraft about 5 feet when I realized that he was not going to clear the [vendor] truck. I immediately gave him the 'Stop Signal' and [the tug driver] brought the aircraft to a full stop with the right wing tip coming within 6 inches of the [vendor] truck. The wing never touched the [vendor] Truck. [The Supervisor] showed up to the gate; took a look at the situation; and said that we need to move these trucks. I heard [the supervisor] on the radio calling control. While [the supervisor] was on the radio; the [vendor] driver showed up at the gate; jumped in his truck; and started to drive it forward. He drove approximately 5 feet when [the supervisor] told him to stop. Approximately one to two minutes later; someone moved the aircraft back to its original marked position. At no time during all of this did I see the aircraft or the [vendor] truck make contact with each other.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.