A319 flight crew is required to make an abrupt stop to avoid a fuel truck while taxiing at bos.

Attributes
ACN	593847
Time
Date	200309
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bos.airport
State Reference	MA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : s46.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A319
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
ASRS Report	593847
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	ground encounters : vehicle non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	flight crew : took evasive action
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Airport Company
Primary Problem	Company

Narrative:

Fuel truck near miss taxiing in to gate in bos. When taxiing in to gate at bos at exactly XA39, about to cross painted vehicle roadway just before taxi onto lead-in line, several vehicles on left stopped and no visible vehicles on right, first officer yelled 'fuel truck -- stop!' I jammed on brakes, emergency stop from about 5 KTS ground speed. Fuel truck passed at high speed under nose of aircraft from right to left on the vehicle painted roadway and kept going. We missed him by about 10 ft. Continued into gate and parked. We told ground control, they had us call port operator on a frequency and we reported it to them. No injuries, everyone deplaned normally.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A319 FLT CREW IS REQUIRED TO MAKE AN ABRUPT STOP TO AVOID A FUEL TRUCK WHILE TAXIING AT BOS.

Narrative: FUEL TRUCK NEAR MISS TAXIING IN TO GATE IN BOS. WHEN TAXIING IN TO GATE AT BOS AT EXACTLY XA39, ABOUT TO CROSS PAINTED VEHICLE ROADWAY JUST BEFORE TAXI ONTO LEAD-IN LINE, SEVERAL VEHICLES ON L STOPPED AND NO VISIBLE VEHICLES ON R, FO YELLED 'FUEL TRUCK -- STOP!' I JAMMED ON BRAKES, EMER STOP FROM ABOUT 5 KTS GND SPD. FUEL TRUCK PASSED AT HIGH SPD UNDER NOSE OF ACFT FROM R TO L ON THE VEHICLE PAINTED ROADWAY AND KEPT GOING. WE MISSED HIM BY ABOUT 10 FT. CONTINUED INTO GATE AND PARKED. WE TOLD GND CTL, THEY HAD US CALL PORT OPERATOR ON A FREQ AND WE RPTED IT TO THEM. NO INJURIES, EVERYONE DEPLANED NORMALLY.

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.