MD80 crew hit a fuel truck while being marshalled to the gate.

Attributes
ACN	468810
Time
Date	200004
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
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 : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 1400
ASRS Report	468810
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical ground encounters other non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far non adherence : company policies
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb other other : 3.4
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Company
Primary Problem	Company

Narrative:

Last 10 ft of taxi to gate right wingtip struck fuel truck parked too close. Marshallers had guided us in, wing walker tried to stop marshaller but to no avail. Try not parking fuel trucks at gate prior to aircraft arrival.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD80 CREW HIT A FUEL TRUCK WHILE BEING MARSHALLED TO THE GATE.

Narrative: LAST 10 FT OF TAXI TO GATE R WINGTIP STRUCK FUEL TRUCK PARKED TOO CLOSE. MARSHALLERS HAD GUIDED US IN, WING WALKER TRIED TO STOP MARSHALLER BUT TO NO AVAIL. TRY NOT PARKING FUEL TRUCKS AT GATE PRIOR TO ACFT ARR.

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.