Flight crew of an MD82 struck a wingtip on a catering truck during parking causing minor damage to the aircraft wingtip. The truck was properly parked past the vehicle clearance line, but the line had not been repainted after the aircraft 'line-up' line had been repainted due to a new jet way replacement.

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Attributes
ACN	359484
Time
Date	199701
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : rno
State Reference	NV
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : ewr
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-82
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground : parked ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 9500
ASRS Report	359484
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

Approaching the gate, the right wingtip struck a parked catering truck. The aircraft was on line-up centerline. The truck was properly parked within marked clearance lines. Previously (approximately 2 weeks) the jetway had been replaced and a new line-up line painted on the ramp. The new line-up line was angled to the right of the original line. The equipment clearance lines had not been moved and repainted to reflect the new location of the new line-up line. As a result, the right wing overlapped the equipment clearance lines and the wingtip struck a properly parked catering truck. The rno airport authority/authorized was responsible for the jetway construction and ramp area. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter stated that the lines have been repainted to align with the MD82 so that the boundaries are outside of the aircraft wingtip. He personally checked this out on a subsequent recent flight into the airport with the same type of aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF AN MD82 STRUCK A WINGTIP ON A CATERING TRUCK DURING PARKING CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE ACFT WINGTIP. THE TRUCK WAS PROPERLY PARKED PAST THE VEHICLE CLRNC LINE, BUT THE LINE HAD NOT BEEN REPAINTED AFTER THE ACFT 'LINE-UP' LINE HAD BEEN REPAINTED DUE TO A NEW JET WAY REPLACEMENT.

Narrative: APCHING THE GATE, THE R WINGTIP STRUCK A PARKED CATERING TRUCK. THE ACFT WAS ON LINE-UP CTRLINE. THE TRUCK WAS PROPERLY PARKED WITHIN MARKED CLRNC LINES. PREVIOUSLY (APPROX 2 WKS) THE JETWAY HAD BEEN REPLACED AND A NEW LINE-UP LINE PAINTED ON THE RAMP. THE NEW LINE-UP LINE WAS ANGLED TO THE R OF THE ORIGINAL LINE. THE EQUIP CLRNC LINES HAD NOT BEEN MOVED AND REPAINTED TO REFLECT THE NEW LOCATION OF THE NEW LINE-UP LINE. AS A RESULT, THE R WING OVERLAPPED THE EQUIP CLRNC LINES AND THE WINGTIP STRUCK A PROPERLY PARKED CATERING TRUCK. THE RNO ARPT AUTH WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE JETWAY CONSTRUCTION AND RAMP AREA. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT THE LINES HAVE BEEN REPAINTED TO ALIGN WITH THE MD82 SO THAT THE BOUNDARIES ARE OUTSIDE OF THE ACFT WINGTIP. HE PERSONALLY CHECKED THIS OUT ON A SUBSEQUENT RECENT FLT INTO THE ARPT WITH THE SAME TYPE OF ACFT.

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.