An air carrier aircraft strikes a fuel truck with the left wingtip while being marshalled into the g...

Attributes
ACN	327964
Time
Date	199602
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : atl
State Reference	GA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : dfw
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Fokker 100
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	327964
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
ASRS Report	329965
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Taxiing into gate X at atl. On taxi-in line to gate with left and right wing walkers and marshaller. Noticed fuel truck parked behind jet bridge on left side and left wing walker signalling clearance was ok. Fuel truck disappeared behind jet bridge with approximately 10-15 ft left to parking position. Marshaller in front of aircraft continued to motion aircraft forward. Approximately 3 ft from parking position, aircraft impacted fuel truck with left wingtip. Marshaller continued to motion aircraft forward even after impact. Aircraft parked.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR ACFT STRIKES A FUEL TRUCK WITH THE L WINGTIP WHILE BEING MARSHALLED INTO THE GATE.

Narrative: TAXIING INTO GATE X AT ATL. ON TAXI-IN LINE TO GATE WITH L AND R WING WALKERS AND MARSHALLER. NOTICED FUEL TRUCK PARKED BEHIND JET BRIDGE ON L SIDE AND L WING WALKER SIGNALLING CLRNC WAS OK. FUEL TRUCK DISAPPEARED BEHIND JET BRIDGE WITH APPROX 10-15 FT LEFT TO PARKING POS. MARSHALLER IN FRONT OF ACFT CONTINUED TO MOTION ACFT FORWARD. APPROX 3 FT FROM PARKING POS, ACFT IMPACTED FUEL TRUCK WITH L WINGTIP. MARSHALLER CONTINUED TO MOTION ACFT FORWARD EVEN AFTER IMPACT. ACFT PARKED.

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.

An air carrier aircraft strikes a fuel truck with the left wingtip while being marshalled into the gate.