B737-400 struck catering truck during gate parking.

Attributes
ACN	448646
Time
Date	199909
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : clt.airport
State Reference	NC
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-400
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : taxi ground other : parking
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 4000
ASRS Report	448646
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 13800 flight time type : 5000
ASRS Report	448442
Events
Anomaly	ground encounters : vehicle
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Company
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Taxiing in to gate xx in clt. Visually cleared safe zone as taxiing in. Aircraft was being marshalled in by marshaller. About 5-10 ft from stop line, aircraft and catering truck impacted. Left wingtip marshaller was still directing us to move ahead toward gate at time of impact, jetway was between cockpit and wingtip at time of impact.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737-400 STRUCK CATERING TRUCK DURING GATE PARKING.

Narrative: TAXIING IN TO GATE XX IN CLT. VISUALLY CLRED SAFE ZONE AS TAXIING IN. ACFT WAS BEING MARSHALLED IN BY MARSHALLER. ABOUT 5-10 FT FROM STOP LINE, ACFT AND CATERING TRUCK IMPACTED. L WINGTIP MARSHALLER WAS STILL DIRECTING US TO MOVE AHEAD TOWARD GATE AT TIME OF IMPACT, JETWAY WAS BTWN COCKPIT AND WINGTIP AT TIME OF IMPACT.

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.