Aircraft hits catering truck or catering truck hits aircraft during ramp operation aircraft parking ...

Attributes
ACN	218802
Time
Date	199208
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : iah
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 190 flight time total : 12800 flight time type : 4000
ASRS Report	218802
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Aircraft left wingtip struck a catering truck parked on the 'clear' line while pulling into a gate. The impact was on the extreme end of the wingtip and occurred during the last 1 to 2 ft of taxi into the gate. The captain stated he saw the truck moving just inside the 'clear' line area as we began moving into the gate, but did not verbalize this. I did not see the truck inside the clear area as I was engaged in clearing my side of the aircraft. Many vehicles were both in motion and stationary in the vicinity of the gate outside the 'clear' zone. Evidently, the catering truck stopped on the left side clear line out of view of the crew beyond the jetway. At impact, the truck was not visible to either pilot due to the jetway and the aircraft was under the direction of a ground guide. The ground guide continued to motion the aircraft forward even after impact.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACFT HITS CATERING TRUCK OR CATERING TRUCK HITS ACFT DURING RAMP OP ACFT PARKING PROC.

Narrative: ACFT L WINGTIP STRUCK A CATERING TRUCK PARKED ON THE 'CLR' LINE WHILE PULLING INTO A GATE. THE IMPACT WAS ON THE EXTREME END OF THE WINGTIP AND OCCURRED DURING THE LAST 1 TO 2 FT OF TAXI INTO THE GATE. THE CAPT STATED HE SAW THE TRUCK MOVING JUST INSIDE THE 'CLR' LINE AREA AS WE BEGAN MOVING INTO THE GATE, BUT DID NOT VERBALIZE THIS. I DID NOT SEE THE TRUCK INSIDE THE CLR AREA AS I WAS ENGAGED IN CLRING MY SIDE OF THE ACFT. MANY VEHICLES WERE BOTH IN MOTION AND STATIONARY IN THE VICINITY OF THE GATE OUTSIDE THE 'CLR' ZONE. EVIDENTLY, THE CATERING TRUCK STOPPED ON THE L SIDE CLR LINE OUT OF VIEW OF THE CREW BEYOND THE JETWAY. AT IMPACT, THE TRUCK WAS NOT VISIBLE TO EITHER PLT DUE TO THE JETWAY AND THE ACFT WAS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF A GND GUIDE. THE GND GUIDE CONTINUED TO MOTION THE ACFT FORWARD EVEN AFTER IMPACT.

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.

Aircraft hits catering truck or catering truck hits aircraft during ramp operation aircraft parking procedure.