A B727 FREIGHTER HITS A PARKED TRUCK WHILE SELF PARKING AT THE CARGO RAMP IN CLT; NC.

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ON JAN/XA/00 IN CLT (DARK); ACFT WAS HDG S ON TXWY C AND ENTERED THE CARGO RAMP AT TXWY C8. THE ACFT MADE AN ALMOST IMMEDIATE R TURN NBOUND AND FOLLOWED THE MARKED CTRLINE OF THE TXWY TO THE PARKING AREA. THE GND HANDLERS WERE NOT PROVIDING ANY GUIDANCE TO THE CAPT WHO HAD TOTAL CTL OF THE ACFT. THE ACFT STRUCK A FOOD CATERING TRUCK PARKED APPROX 56 FT L OF THE TXWY CTRLINE WITH THE L WINGTIP. THE AREA WHERE THE TRUCK PARKED WAS NOT LIGHTED IN ANYWAY AND BECAUSE OF THE GLARE OF THE LOADERS FLOOD LIGHTS IT WAS VERY HARD TO SEE IN THE DARK AREAS OF THE RAMP. I NEVER SAW THAT THE TRUCK WAS PARKED TOO CLOSE TO THE TXWY. THE RAMP WAS CLUTTERED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ACFT WITH LOADING EQUIP; VEHICLES AND CARGO CONTAINERS. THE FAA INSPECTOR CONSIDERED THIS AN INCIDENT AND NOT AN ACCIDENT. I RECOMMEND THE FOLLOWING THINGS: 1) THE AREA WHERE THE TRUCK WAS PARKED SHOULD BE BETTER LIGHTED. 2) NO VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO PARK IN THIS AREA. 3) TXWYS SHOULD BE PROPERLY MARKED. 4) CLUTTER OF EQUIP ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ACFT MOVED TO A SAFER DISTANCE FROM THE ACFT. 5) LIGHTING SHOULD BE POSITIONED SO AS NOT TO BLIND THE FLC. NOTE: THE B727 WING SPAN IS 108 FT. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 460270: AFTER THE ACFT WAS CHOCKED; I OPENED THE CARGO DOOR AND NOTICED THE DAMAGE TO THE L WINGTIP. THE GND PERSONNEL REMARKED THAT THEY DID NOT SEE US HIT THE TRUCK. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 460268: I WAS AT MY FE DESK; DOING MY FE DUTIES; SO I DIDN'T REALLY SEE ANYTHING; BUT DID FEEL A BUMP -- FELT LIKE A CHOCK HAD BEEN RUN OVER.