MD80 crew hit an emergency vehicle during marshalling to the gate.

Attributes
ACN	484401
Time
Date	200009
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dca.airport
State Reference	DC
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 180
ASRS Report	484401
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical ground encounters : vehicle non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far non adherence : company policies other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Airport Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Airport
Situations
Airport	markings : dca.airport procedure or policy : dca.airport

Narrative:

During taxi to gate, aircraft wingtip contacted emergency vehicle. Vehicles were parked next to terminal at gate xx at dca. Red and white safety area lines do not extend far enough for ground personnel to tell if vehicles are parked across the line. Vehicles did protrude into the safety area and at the completion of the 90 degree left turn in to the gate area the right wingtip static discharge wick made contact with a lens cover on the vehicle. Red and white lines need to be extended so nothing can be parked in that area and ground personnel stop the aircraft prior to the turn to correct the situation.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD80 CREW HIT AN EMER VEHICLE DURING MARSHALLING TO THE GATE.

Narrative: DURING TAXI TO GATE, ACFT WINGTIP CONTACTED EMER VEHICLE. VEHICLES WERE PARKED NEXT TO TERMINAL AT GATE XX AT DCA. RED AND WHITE SAFETY AREA LINES DO NOT EXTEND FAR ENOUGH FOR GND PERSONNEL TO TELL IF VEHICLES ARE PARKED ACROSS THE LINE. VEHICLES DID PROTRUDE INTO THE SAFETY AREA AND AT THE COMPLETION OF THE 90 DEG L TURN IN TO THE GATE AREA THE R WINGTIP STATIC DISCHARGE WICK MADE CONTACT WITH A LENS COVER ON THE VEHICLE. RED AND WHITE LINES NEED TO BE EXTENDED SO NOTHING CAN BE PARKED IN THAT AREA AND GND PERSONNEL STOP THE ACFT PRIOR TO THE TURN TO CORRECT THE SIT.

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.