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Light transport struck fuel truck with wingtip during taxi into parking due to pilot limited visual due to rain, fogged side window, bright ramp light glare and no wing walker on the wing struck. In addition, the fuel truck was parked out of normal position.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 328578 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199602 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lax |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Brasilia EMB-120 All Series |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 4500 flight time type : 1500 |
| ASRS Report | 328578 |
| 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 flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact other |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Captain taxiing aircraft on ramp hit right wingtip on fuel truck. Due to heavy rain, fogged side window and bright ramp light, I could not see right wingtip or fuel truck. We had no wing walker on right and aircraft slid sideways approximately 1 ft due to the wet surface on painted ramp lines. Situation could have been prevented by providing an extra wing walker in tight sits and fuel truck operator parking in the proper position on the ramp when truck is unattended.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: LTT STRUCK FUEL TRUCK WITH WINGTIP DURING TAXI INTO PARKING DUE TO PLT LIMITED VISUAL DUE TO RAIN, FOGGED SIDE WINDOW, BRIGHT RAMP LIGHT GLARE AND NO WING WALKER ON THE WING STRUCK. IN ADDITION, THE FUEL TRUCK WAS PARKED OUT OF NORMAL POS.
Narrative: CAPT TAXIING ACFT ON RAMP HIT R WINGTIP ON FUEL TRUCK. DUE TO HVY RAIN, FOGGED SIDE WINDOW AND BRIGHT RAMP LIGHT, I COULD NOT SEE R WINGTIP OR FUEL TRUCK. WE HAD NO WING WALKER ON R AND ACFT SLID SIDEWAYS APPROX 1 FT DUE TO THE WET SURFACE ON PAINTED RAMP LINES. SIT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED BY PROVIDING AN EXTRA WING WALKER IN TIGHT SITS AND FUEL TRUCK OPERATOR PARKING IN THE PROPER POS ON THE RAMP WHEN TRUCK IS UNATTENDED.
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.