Captain of an medium large transport struck a fuel truck with a wingtip during parking.

Attributes
ACN	310390
Time
Date	199507
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : aus
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	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 4500 flight time type : 1700
ASRS Report	310390
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

On taxi-in, aircraft marshaller directed plane to park during last 10 seconds of flight. He failed to signal stop when plane's left wingtip grazed the top of a fuel truck. Incident occurred 2-3 ft prior to final chocked position. Jetway blocked captain's view of wingtip and fuel truck at this time.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CAPT OF AN MLG STRUCK A FUEL TRUCK WITH A WINGTIP DURING PARKING.

Narrative: ON TAXI-IN, ACFT MARSHALLER DIRECTED PLANE TO PARK DURING LAST 10 SECONDS OF FLT. HE FAILED TO SIGNAL STOP WHEN PLANE'S L WINGTIP GRAZED THE TOP OF A FUEL TRUCK. INCIDENT OCCURRED 2-3 FT PRIOR TO FINAL CHOCKED POS. JETWAY BLOCKED CAPT'S VIEW OF WINGTIP AND FUEL TRUCK AT THIS TIME.

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.