Air carrier pushed back into catering truck. Wing tip sheared.

Attributes
ACN	220758
Time
Date	199209
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ewr
State Reference	NJ
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	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 9000
ASRS Report	220758
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 flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

On pushback ewr -- while moving we were pushed into catering truck. Captain kept passengers seated, asked ground control as to any evidence of fire, I called maintenance and ground safety to come out and check for evidence of fuel leakage. Maintenance cleared us to return to the gate. There was no rupture of fuel tank but wing tip was sheared off. No passengers were injured.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR PUSHED BACK INTO CATERING TRUCK. WING TIP SHEARED.

Narrative: ON PUSHBACK EWR -- WHILE MOVING WE WERE PUSHED INTO CATERING TRUCK. CAPT KEPT PAXS SEATED, ASKED GND CTL AS TO ANY EVIDENCE OF FIRE, I CALLED MAINT AND GND SAFETY TO COME OUT AND CHK FOR EVIDENCE OF FUEL LEAKAGE. MAINT CLRED US TO RETURN TO THE GATE. THERE WAS NO RUPTURE OF FUEL TANK BUT WING TIP WAS SHEARED OFF. NO PAXS WERE INJURED.

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.