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A commercial fixed wing large transport while being guided onto a gate struck a parked fuel truck incurring damage to the left wingtip.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 396938 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199803 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sjc |
| State Reference | CA |
| 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 |
| 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 pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 396938 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| 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:
On taxi into gate, left wingtip struck a fuel truck. A wing walker was positioned by the fuel truck, but failed to give a stop signal. I should not have relied on his guidance, but stopped the airplane and had the truck moved.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A COMMERCIAL FIXED WING LGT WHILE BEING GUIDED ONTO A GATE STRUCK A PARKED FUEL TRUCK INCURRING DAMAGE TO THE L WINGTIP.
Narrative: ON TAXI INTO GATE, L WINGTIP STRUCK A FUEL TRUCK. A WING WALKER WAS POSITIONED BY THE FUEL TRUCK, BUT FAILED TO GIVE A STOP SIGNAL. I SHOULD NOT HAVE RELIED ON HIS GUIDANCE, BUT STOPPED THE AIRPLANE AND HAD THE TRUCK MOVED.
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.