The solo student pilot reported that during taxi to the runway, he saw a fuel truck parked in the grass on the left side of the asphalt taxilane. He "assumed that the truck driver had left room for airplanes to get by," however, as the airplane passed the truck, and the left wing struck the rear of the truck.

The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing lift strut.

The student reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.