B737-800 crew reported contact with a truck during pushback at atl.

Attributes
ACN	1425564
Time
Date	201702
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ATL.Airport
State Reference	GA
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-800
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 156 Flight Crew Type 7230
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Vehicle

Narrative:

During pushback off in katl; instructions from ramp control were 'push approved tail north.' while under tow; we felt a slight jolt shortly after the start of the pushback. We stopped the pushback and were advised by tug driver that we had just struck a provisioning truck with the aircraft's left wing. We then got pulled back into the gate and deplaned.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737-800 crew reported contact with a truck during pushback at ATL.

Narrative: During pushback off in KATL; instructions from Ramp Control were 'Push approved tail north.' While under tow; we felt a slight jolt shortly after the start of the pushback. We stopped the pushback and were advised by Tug Driver that we had just struck a Provisioning Truck with the aircraft's left wing. We then got pulled back into the gate and deplaned.

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.