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B737 inbound captain was informed by outbound captain that a catering truck backed into the left wingtip. Contact originally attributed to inbound flight crew entering gate area.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 622295 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200307 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sfo.airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 90 flight time total : 25000 flight time type : 4000 |
| ASRS Report | 622295 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 171 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 700 |
| ASRS Report | 622296 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical ground encounters : vehicle non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company Flight Crew Human Performance Airport |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
On taxi-in at sfo gate, I made a right turn onto the taxi in line and checked my marshallers and taxied in following the marshaller's signals. I then set the brake and completed the shutdown checklist. I packed my bag and said goodbye to the passenger and met the new captain on the jetway. He told me that a catering truck had backed into my left wing. He asked me if I wanted him to enter it in the aircraft logbook. I said I would enter it. I then went outside and inspected the wing with sfo mechanics. The wing was over the truck about a foot and did not appear to damage the wingtip. I then went to the hotel. I got a call from sfo maintenance 2 hours later saying I had taxied into the truck. I don't believe this happened because I felt no impact and the marshallers did not give me any indication that anything unusual had happened. I only learned about the incident from the new captain. Supplemental information from acn 622296: in terminal captain indicated that catering truck on gate Y had backed into left wing of our aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 INBOUND CAPT WAS INFORMED BY OUTBOUND CAPT THAT A CATERING TRUCK BACKED INTO THE L WINGTIP. CONTACT ORIGINALLY ATTRIBUTED TO INBOUND FLT CREW ENTERING GATE AREA.
Narrative: ON TAXI-IN AT SFO GATE, I MADE A R TURN ONTO THE TAXI IN LINE AND CHKED MY MARSHALLERS AND TAXIED IN FOLLOWING THE MARSHALLER'S SIGNALS. I THEN SET THE BRAKE AND COMPLETED THE SHUTDOWN CHKLIST. I PACKED MY BAG AND SAID GOODBYE TO THE PAX AND MET THE NEW CAPT ON THE JETWAY. HE TOLD ME THAT A CATERING TRUCK HAD BACKED INTO MY L WING. HE ASKED ME IF I WANTED HIM TO ENTER IT IN THE ACFT LOGBOOK. I SAID I WOULD ENTER IT. I THEN WENT OUTSIDE AND INSPECTED THE WING WITH SFO MECHS. THE WING WAS OVER THE TRUCK ABOUT A FOOT AND DID NOT APPEAR TO DAMAGE THE WINGTIP. I THEN WENT TO THE HOTEL. I GOT A CALL FROM SFO MAINT 2 HRS LATER SAYING I HAD TAXIED INTO THE TRUCK. I DON'T BELIEVE THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE I FELT NO IMPACT AND THE MARSHALLERS DID NOT GIVE ME ANY INDICATION THAT ANYTHING UNUSUAL HAD HAPPENED. I ONLY LEARNED ABOUT THE INCIDENT FROM THE NEW CAPT. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 622296: IN TERMINAL CAPT INDICATED THAT CATERING TRUCK ON GATE Y HAD BACKED INTO L WING OF OUR ACFT.
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.