An A319 captain had to brake abruptly to avoid a collision with a catering truck.

Attributes
ACN	971088
Time
Date	201109
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Tower
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Ground Event / Encounter Vehicle

Narrative:

While taxiing out to the runway for departure a company catering truck drove directly in front of us; never slowing and causing us to immediately apply braking to avoid a collision. We notified ground control and city operations tracked down driver. I also notified the station chief pilot.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A319 Captain had to brake abruptly to avoid a collision with a catering truck.

Narrative: While taxiing out to the runway for departure a company catering truck drove directly in front of us; never slowing and causing us to immediately apply braking to avoid a collision. We notified Ground Control and City Operations tracked down driver. I also notified the station Chief Pilot.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.