Narrative:

Aircraft was parked on remote ramp. Crew had arrived at operations at XX00 local for a scheduled XY40 ferry flight to pop. Crew was taken to remote aircraft parking by van. Another aircraft was parked immediately to the left of our aircraft. Our aircraft was fueled, catered and svced while crew performed normal preflight duties. Prior to starting engines, captain instructed so to go outside aircraft and confirm that newly installed #2 main tire was in fact rated for high gross takeoff weight (190500 pounds). At that time there was no ground equipment parked on left side of aircraft that would impair our departure. After so returned to cockpit and confirmed that the tire was in fact properly rated, crew accomplished normal before start procedure. During engine start, maintenance representative replaced aviation ramp person at nose of aircraft. After engine start and clearance to taxi from ground control, captain flashed landing light to indicate aircraft was ready to taxi. Signalman, who at this time was positioned to left and forward of nose, pointed to left side of aircraft. Captain looked left and back and noticed that a fuel truck had been positioned to service adjacent aircraft. It appeared to the captain that the left wing would clear fuel truck. Captain then looked back to signalman who gave slow taxi signal, followed by right turn signal. First officer at this time said 'clear right.' captain released parking brakes and advanced throttles #1 and #3 slightly, to start slow aircraft movement, simultaneously moving steering tiller to start right turn. Aircraft started turning to right at very slow taxi speed. Captain was watching signalman who was giving continuous right turn signals. During turn captain instinctively glanced to right to ensure clearance on right side of aircraft. Captain looked back to signalman who was giving 'stop aircraft' signal. Captain immediately retarded throttles and applied brakes as aircraft apparently struck something. After securing aircraft with checklist, crew exited aircraft and then found that left wing had struck fuel truck. No damage to truck. Better communications between signalman and flight crew might have prevented this incident. Supplemental information from acn 238612: first officer and so were not even aware that fuel truck was a factor until after impact and damage assessment.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR LGT HITS WING TIP ON FUEL TRUCK DURING RAMP OP RAMP DEP PROC.

Narrative: ACFT WAS PARKED ON REMOTE RAMP. CREW HAD ARRIVED AT OPS AT XX00 LCL FOR A SCHEDULED XY40 FERRY FLT TO POP. CREW WAS TAKEN TO REMOTE ACFT PARKING BY VAN. ANOTHER ACFT WAS PARKED IMMEDIATELY TO THE L OF OUR ACFT. OUR ACFT WAS FUELED, CATERED AND SVCED WHILE CREW PERFORMED NORMAL PREFLT DUTIES. PRIOR TO STARTING ENGS, CAPT INSTRUCTED SO TO GO OUTSIDE ACFT AND CONFIRM THAT NEWLY INSTALLED #2 MAIN TIRE WAS IN FACT RATED FOR HIGH GROSS TKOF WT (190500 LBS). AT THAT TIME THERE WAS NO GND EQUIP PARKED ON L SIDE OF ACFT THAT WOULD IMPAIR OUR DEP. AFTER SO RETURNED TO COCKPIT AND CONFIRMED THAT THE TIRE WAS IN FACT PROPERLY RATED, CREW ACCOMPLISHED NORMAL BEFORE START PROC. DURING ENG START, MAINT REPRESENTATIVE REPLACED AVIATION RAMP PERSON AT NOSE OF ACFT. AFTER ENG START AND CLRNC TO TAXI FROM GND CTL, CAPT FLASHED LNDG LIGHT TO INDICATE ACFT WAS READY TO TAXI. SIGNALMAN, WHO AT THIS TIME WAS POSITIONED TO L AND FORWARD OF NOSE, POINTED TO L SIDE OF ACFT. CAPT LOOKED L AND BACK AND NOTICED THAT A FUEL TRUCK HAD BEEN POSITIONED TO SVC ADJACENT ACFT. IT APPEARED TO THE CAPT THAT THE L WING WOULD CLR FUEL TRUCK. CAPT THEN LOOKED BACK TO SIGNALMAN WHO GAVE SLOW TAXI SIGNAL, FOLLOWED BY R TURN SIGNAL. FO AT THIS TIME SAID 'CLR R.' CAPT RELEASED PARKING BRAKES AND ADVANCED THROTTLES #1 AND #3 SLIGHTLY, TO START SLOW ACFT MOVEMENT, SIMULTANEOUSLY MOVING STEERING TILLER TO START R TURN. ACFT STARTED TURNING TO R AT VERY SLOW TAXI SPD. CAPT WAS WATCHING SIGNALMAN WHO WAS GIVING CONTINUOUS R TURN SIGNALS. DURING TURN CAPT INSTINCTIVELY GLANCED TO R TO ENSURE CLRNC ON R SIDE OF ACFT. CAPT LOOKED BACK TO SIGNALMAN WHO WAS GIVING 'STOP ACFT' SIGNAL. CAPT IMMEDIATELY RETARDED THROTTLES AND APPLIED BRAKES AS ACFT APPARENTLY STRUCK SOMETHING. AFTER SECURING ACFT WITH CHKLIST, CREW EXITED ACFT AND THEN FOUND THAT L WING HAD STRUCK FUEL TRUCK. NO DAMAGE TO TRUCK. BETTER COMS BTWN SIGNALMAN AND FLC MIGHT HAVE PREVENTED THIS INCIDENT. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 238612: FO AND SO WERE NOT EVEN AWARE THAT FUEL TRUCK WAS A FACTOR UNTIL AFTER IMPACT AND DAMAGE ASSESSMENT.

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.