An arrival air carrier medium large transport hits its wingtip on a catering truck parked near the g...

Attributes
ACN	398519
Time
Date	199804
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : clt
State Reference	NC
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 : parked ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	398519
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 other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Upon clearance from ramp control at clt, we taxied to gate. Brake pressure was confirmed normal and gate was confirmed in sight with a guideman in sight. Per standard company procedures, the captain aligned the aircraft with the lead-in line and began to follow the marshaller's directions directly down the line. A catering truck was observed on the left side of the parking area. The captain slowed the aircraft and from what he could observe as well as the guideman's continued forward signals, he concluded the truck was clear. The aircraft was stopped per the guideman's signals. Just as we stopped, the aircraft moved as though something had come in contact with it. In fact, the catering truck had contacted the left navigation light cover.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ARR ACR MLG HITS ITS WINGTIP ON A CATERING TRUCK PARKED NEAR THE GATE AREA.

Narrative: UPON CLRNC FROM RAMP CTL AT CLT, WE TAXIED TO GATE. BRAKE PRESSURE WAS CONFIRMED NORMAL AND GATE WAS CONFIRMED IN SIGHT WITH A GUIDEMAN IN SIGHT. PER STANDARD COMPANY PROCS, THE CAPT ALIGNED THE ACFT WITH THE LEAD-IN LINE AND BEGAN TO FOLLOW THE MARSHALLER'S DIRECTIONS DIRECTLY DOWN THE LINE. A CATERING TRUCK WAS OBSERVED ON THE L SIDE OF THE PARKING AREA. THE CAPT SLOWED THE ACFT AND FROM WHAT HE COULD OBSERVE AS WELL AS THE GUIDEMAN'S CONTINUED FORWARD SIGNALS, HE CONCLUDED THE TRUCK WAS CLR. THE ACFT WAS STOPPED PER THE GUIDEMAN'S SIGNALS. JUST AS WE STOPPED, THE ACFT MOVED AS THOUGH SOMETHING HAD COME IN CONTACT WITH IT. IN FACT, THE CATERING TRUCK HAD CONTACTED THE L NAV LIGHT COVER.

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 arrival air carrier medium large transport hits its wingtip on a catering truck parked near the gate area.