A B727 FLT HAS A WINGTIP STRIKE ON A FUEL TRUCK WHEN BEING PARKED AT THE GATE AT DTW; MI.

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ALLEGED WINGTIP CONTACT WITH GND VEHICLE. AFTER LNDG RWY 22L; TAXI INSTRUCTIONS WERE TXWYS Y; K13 TO TXWY K TO GATE. PASSING TXWY Y11; COMPANY RAMP CTLR WAS NOTIFIED OF OUR POS AND RAMP CTL ADVISED US GATE XY WAS 'OPEN; NEGATIVE GND PWR.' SBOUND ON TXWY K; CREW NOTED ABSENCE OF MARSHALLER AT GATE XY AND REQUESTED 'PARK JOB' ON COMPANY RAMP FREQ. PRIOR TO MAKING THE 90 DEG L TURN TOWARDS THE YELLOW NOSEWHEEL GUIDE LINE; A FUEL TRUCK WAS NOTED FUELING AN ACFT AT ADJACENT GATE XZ. THE FUEL TRUCK APPEARED TO BE WITHIN THE XZ SAFETY ZONE. AFTER MAKING THE L TURN OFF OF TXWY K; A MARSHALLER WAS NOTED COMING FROM THE AREA OF GATE YY SIGNALING A STOP. THE ACFT WAS STOPPED AND THE SO GAVE A PA FOR PAX TO REMAIN SEATED. MARSHALLER GOT INTO POS OFF THE NOSE OF THE ACFT. WE WERE MARSHALLED FORWARD AND PWR ON ENGS #1 AND #3 WAS PUSHED UP TO 45% N1 TO GET UP SPD TO MAKE THE FINAL R TURN TO THE GATE. MARSHALLER SIGNALED THE ACFT FORWARD PRIOR TO SIGNALING THE R TURN. THE DIRECTIONS OF THE MARSHALLER WERE FOLLOWED. DUE TO THE SHARP TURN TO THE R AND THE 45% N1 PWR SETTING; SOME NOSE GEAR SCRUBBING WAS NOTED IN THE LATTER PART OF THE FINAL TURN. ACFT WAS BROUGHT TO A STOP AT THE GATE; AND THE PARKING AND SECURING CHKS ACCOMPLISHED. AFTER PAX DEPLANING; THE CREW DEPLANED.