SMA TAXIING AT NIGHT HAS WINGTIP HIT FUEL TRUCK.

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3 FRIENDS AND I WENT ON A LCL NIGHT FLT VFR. I AM INST RATED WITH 194 HRS. ON THIS NIGHT WE TOURED OVER WASHINGTON; DC; AND HEADED FOR BWI ARPT. AS I REACHED BWI ARPT; WE BEGAN HAVING RADIO TROUBLES; SO I DECIDED TO LAND REAL QUICK TO CHK IT OUT. THE #1 RADIO HAD FAILED; BUT #2 RADIO WAS FINE. AFTER LNDG TWR TOLD ME TO PULL INTO FBO. MY INTENTION WAS TO GET A RADIO CHK AND TKOF AGAIN. AS I TAXIED TOWARD FBO A MAN WAS POINTING TO THE R. SO I TURNED R WHERE A VAN WITH BLINKING HAZARD WAS TO GO AHEAD OF ME. I THEN PULLED ONTO THE TAXI LINE AND SLOWLY FOLLOWED THE VAN. CONFUSED AT WHERE THE VAN WAS GOING; I STARTED TUNING IN FBO INTO RADIO #2. I OBVIOUSLY DID NOT NOTICE THE FUEL TRUCK ON THE L; MY L WING CLIPPED THE FUEL TRUCK. SO I SHUT DOWN AND WAITED FOR THE PROPER AUTHS. I TRULY BELIEVE IF THE FUEL TRUCK WAS NOT ENCROACHING THE TAXI PATH THIS WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. I AS A PLT SHOULD HAVE PAID MORE ATTN TO WHAT WAS HAPPENING OUTSIDE AND NOT PLAY WITH THE RADIO. THIS INCIDENT HAS TAUGHT ME A LOT ABOUT PAY ATTN AND ALSO ABOUT TAXI LINE. TAXI LINES ARE NOT 100 PERCENT SAFE OF OBSTACLES.