Unchocked fuel truck movement damages a canadair regional jet at gate in lit.

Attributes
ACN	442709
Time
Date	199907
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lit.airport
State Reference	AR
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Regional Jet CL65, Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 2700 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	442709
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	ground encounters : vehicle
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : 3
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Company Maintenance Human Performance
Primary Problem	Ambiguous

Narrative:

While at the gate in lit the truck fueling the aircraft began moving while the driver was not in the truck and ran into the nose of the aircraft. Aircraft sustained substantial damage to the nose cone to right side of fuselage.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: UNCHOCKED FUEL TRUCK MOVEMENT DAMAGES A CANADAIR REGIONAL JET AT GATE IN LIT.

Narrative: WHILE AT THE GATE IN LIT THE TRUCK FUELING THE ACFT BEGAN MOVING WHILE THE DRIVER WAS NOT IN THE TRUCK AND RAN INTO THE NOSE OF THE ACFT. ACFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE NOSE CONE TO R SIDE OF FUSELAGE.

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.