Aircraft under marshaller control strikes truck while taxiing in to gate at ric.

Attributes
ACN	415869
Time
Date	199810
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ric
State Reference	VA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dawn
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : tlh
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 100
ASRS Report	415869
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 8200 flight time type : 2600
ASRS Report	416252
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
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

On taxi in to ric facility, while on centerline for parking spot and following nose marshaller with a wing walker on each wing, the aircraft was taxied into a parked semi-tractor trailer. The driver of the truck had had a difficult time parking the truck and had moved the cone that was to provide safe parking closer in to where aircraft parked. The nose marshaller failed to notice that, in addition to the left wing walker trying to stop him from taxiing aircraft into parked truck, the wing walker was trying to stop the aircraft. The equipment on left side of aircraft may have been an impediment to seeing clearly. Corrective action: wait to park truck until after aircraft is parked. Have nose marshaller pay better attention to wing walkers. Move some of the equipment to have a better line of sight vision of area.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACFT UNDER MARSHALLER CTL STRIKES TRUCK WHILE TAXIING IN TO GATE AT RIC.

Narrative: ON TAXI IN TO RIC FACILITY, WHILE ON CTRLINE FOR PARKING SPOT AND FOLLOWING NOSE MARSHALLER WITH A WING WALKER ON EACH WING, THE ACFT WAS TAXIED INTO A PARKED SEMI-TRACTOR TRAILER. THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK HAD HAD A DIFFICULT TIME PARKING THE TRUCK AND HAD MOVED THE CONE THAT WAS TO PROVIDE SAFE PARKING CLOSER IN TO WHERE ACFT PARKED. THE NOSE MARSHALLER FAILED TO NOTICE THAT, IN ADDITION TO THE L WING WALKER TRYING TO STOP HIM FROM TAXIING ACFT INTO PARKED TRUCK, THE WING WALKER WAS TRYING TO STOP THE ACFT. THE EQUIP ON L SIDE OF ACFT MAY HAVE BEEN AN IMPEDIMENT TO SEEING CLRLY. CORRECTIVE ACTION: WAIT TO PARK TRUCK UNTIL AFTER ACFT IS PARKED. HAVE NOSE MARSHALLER PAY BETTER ATTN TO WING WALKERS. MOVE SOME OF THE EQUIP TO HAVE A BETTER LINE OF SIGHT VISION OF AREA.

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.