Air carrier taxiing after landing has tug hit wing.

Attributes
ACN	225796
Time
Date	199211
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : phl
State Reference	PA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 10500 flight time type : 1200
ASRS Report	225796
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Visibility on ground was poor due to rain. Side window visibility poor due to raindrops on side window. During turn from parallel taxiway to ramp gate area, a tug was moving on a service road next to taxiway south. When we turned left from taxiway south to approach the ramp area a tug contacted the left wing of our aircraft. At no time did either myself or the first officer ever have visual contact with the tug. Corrective action recommended vehicles using service road in vicinity of an active taxiway should have side vehicle lighting as well as red beacon or flashers.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR TAXIING AFTER LNDG HAS TUG HIT WING.

Narrative: VISIBILITY ON GND WAS POOR DUE TO RAIN. SIDE WINDOW VISIBILITY POOR DUE TO RAINDROPS ON SIDE WINDOW. DURING TURN FROM PARALLEL TAXIWAY TO RAMP GATE AREA, A TUG WAS MOVING ON A SVC ROAD NEXT TO TAXIWAY S. WHEN WE TURNED L FROM TAXIWAY S TO APCH THE RAMP AREA A TUG CONTACTED THE L WING OF OUR ACFT. AT NO TIME DID EITHER MYSELF OR THE FO EVER HAVE VISUAL CONTACT WITH THE TUG. CORRECTIVE ACTION RECOMMENDED VEHICLES USING SVC ROAD IN VICINITY OF AN ACTIVE TAXIWAY SHOULD HAVE SIDE VEHICLE LIGHTING AS WELL AS RED BEACON OR FLASHERS.

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.