Taxiing S80 hits fuel truck with wingtip during aircraft parking procedure at gate in orf, va.

Attributes
ACN	580127
Time
Date	200304
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : orf.airport
State Reference	VA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : bna.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Super 80
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
ASRS Report	580127
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical ground encounters : vehicle non adherence : company policies
Independent Detector	other other : 3 marh
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Environmental Factor Company
Primary Problem	Company

Narrative:

Aircraft struck fuel truck while parking at gate with wingtip. Aircraft, during taxi in at gate, struck parked fuel truck. Wing walkers were in proper position and seemed to be paying attention as one was by the fuel truck and was giving a thumbs up as we passed him. The guideman continued to give a taxi forward the entire time. Aircraft parked and shut down.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TAXIING S80 HITS FUEL TRUCK WITH WINGTIP DURING ACFT PARKING PROC AT GATE IN ORF, VA.

Narrative: ACFT STRUCK FUEL TRUCK WHILE PARKING AT GATE WITH WINGTIP. ACFT, DURING TAXI IN AT GATE, STRUCK PARKED FUEL TRUCK. WING WALKERS WERE IN PROPER POS AND SEEMED TO BE PAYING ATTN AS ONE WAS BY THE FUEL TRUCK AND WAS GIVING A THUMBS UP AS WE PASSED HIM. THE GUIDEMAN CONTINUED TO GIVE A TAXI FORWARD THE ENTIRE TIME. ACFT PARKED AND SHUT DOWN.

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.