B757 captain reports abrupt stop to avoid fuel truck entering taxiway C near south at lax.

Attributes
ACN	787948
Time
Date	200805
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lax.airport
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757-200
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
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 230 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 3000
ASRS Report	787948
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : took precautionary avoidance action
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Company Airport
Primary Problem	Company

Narrative:

While taxiing wbound on taxiway C there was a large semi size fuel truck wbound to our left on airport access road that parallels taxiway C. Between txwys south and C2 the fuel truck made a hard right turn onto a crossing access road directly in front of us. The fuel truck managed to get a good ways on to taxiway C before coming to a stop; forcing me to make a fairly rapid stop in order to avoid hitting the truck. Once stopped we informed ground that we were stopped and that a large orange fuel truck had turned and crossed in front of us. Ground responded that he could see that we were stopped and that the fuel truck was in the way. We then called the flight attendants to make sure there were no injuries; which there were not and to let them know what had happened. The fuel truck managed to back up off taxiway C and we then proceeded west on taxiway C. We could hear ground talk to city operations and it appeared that they had dispatched a car to chase down the truck. I am not aware of the fuel load status of the fuel truck but as one might guess; a collision with a large fuel truck could be a catastrophic event!

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 CAPT REPORTS ABRUPT STOP TO AVOID FUEL TRUCK ENTERING TXWY C NEAR S AT LAX.

Narrative: WHILE TAXIING WBOUND ON TXWY C THERE WAS A LARGE SEMI SIZE FUEL TRUCK WBOUND TO OUR L ON ARPT ACCESS ROAD THAT PARALLELS TXWY C. BTWN TXWYS S AND C2 THE FUEL TRUCK MADE A HARD R TURN ONTO A XING ACCESS ROAD DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF US. THE FUEL TRUCK MANAGED TO GET A GOOD WAYS ON TO TXWY C BEFORE COMING TO A STOP; FORCING ME TO MAKE A FAIRLY RAPID STOP IN ORDER TO AVOID HITTING THE TRUCK. ONCE STOPPED WE INFORMED GND THAT WE WERE STOPPED AND THAT A LARGE ORANGE FUEL TRUCK HAD TURNED AND CROSSED IN FRONT OF US. GND RESPONDED THAT HE COULD SEE THAT WE WERE STOPPED AND THAT THE FUEL TRUCK WAS IN THE WAY. WE THEN CALLED THE FLT ATTENDANTS TO MAKE SURE THERE WERE NO INJURIES; WHICH THERE WERE NOT AND TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT HAD HAPPENED. THE FUEL TRUCK MANAGED TO BACK UP OFF TXWY C AND WE THEN PROCEEDED W ON TXWY C. WE COULD HEAR GND TALK TO CITY OPS AND IT APPEARED THAT THEY HAD DISPATCHED A CAR TO CHASE DOWN THE TRUCK. I AM NOT AWARE OF THE FUEL LOAD STATUS OF THE FUEL TRUCK BUT AS ONE MIGHT GUESS; A COLLISION WITH A LARGE FUEL TRUCK COULD BE A CATASTROPHIC EVENT!

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 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.