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Taxiing to parking area. Employee cars parked there, wing tip hit rack on top of van. Small dent resulted.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 109816 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198904 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : cgx |
| State Reference | IL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : bna |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 28 flight time total : 142 flight time type : 12 |
| ASRS Report | 109816 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
While taxiing into a parking place the small aircraft I was in caught a luggage rack atop a van. Minor damage was seen on the right wing of the small aircraft and no damage was given to the van. At the time of the occurrence there had been confusion in understanding where ground control at cgx had wanted me to park. After making this clear to me I was instructed down the far west side of the ramp to a parking position between the field tower and fire station. The ramp was congested with aircraft on my left side and that was where I was looking when my right wing tip caught a luggage rack atop a van parked on the ramp. In front of the van was parked off the ramp the snow removal equipment for the field. The van was owned by an employee of the fire crew. There were 2 other vehicles also parked on the ramp next to and on the far side of the van. After my collision with the van all vehicles were moved to an employee parking lot. The only paperwork on file is a police personal property damage report where they jotted down my driver's license #, 'for their records.' damage to my small aircraft was under $300 and the aircraft was inspected by myself and others and we determined the minor dent, etc, was of no danger to a return flight.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: TAXIING TO PARKING AREA. EMPLOYEE CARS PARKED THERE, WING TIP HIT RACK ON TOP OF VAN. SMALL DENT RESULTED.
Narrative: WHILE TAXIING INTO A PARKING PLACE THE SMA I WAS IN CAUGHT A LUGGAGE RACK ATOP A VAN. MINOR DAMAGE WAS SEEN ON THE RIGHT WING OF THE SMA AND NO DAMAGE WAS GIVEN TO THE VAN. AT THE TIME OF THE OCCURRENCE THERE HAD BEEN CONFUSION IN UNDERSTANDING WHERE GND CTL AT CGX HAD WANTED ME TO PARK. AFTER MAKING THIS CLEAR TO ME I WAS INSTRUCTED DOWN THE FAR W SIDE OF THE RAMP TO A PARKING POS BTWN THE FIELD TWR AND FIRE STATION. THE RAMP WAS CONGESTED WITH ACFT ON MY LEFT SIDE AND THAT WAS WHERE I WAS LOOKING WHEN MY RIGHT WING TIP CAUGHT A LUGGAGE RACK ATOP A VAN PARKED ON THE RAMP. IN FRONT OF THE VAN WAS PARKED OFF THE RAMP THE SNOW REMOVAL EQUIP FOR THE FIELD. THE VAN WAS OWNED BY AN EMPLOYEE OF THE FIRE CREW. THERE WERE 2 OTHER VEHICLES ALSO PARKED ON THE RAMP NEXT TO AND ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE VAN. AFTER MY COLLISION WITH THE VAN ALL VEHICLES WERE MOVED TO AN EMPLOYEE PARKING LOT. THE ONLY PAPERWORK ON FILE IS A POLICE PERSONAL PROPERTY DAMAGE RPT WHERE THEY JOTTED DOWN MY DRIVER'S LICENSE #, 'FOR THEIR RECORDS.' DAMAGE TO MY SMA WAS UNDER $300 AND THE ACFT WAS INSPECTED BY MYSELF AND OTHERS AND WE DETERMINED THE MINOR DENT, ETC, WAS OF NO DANGER TO A RETURN FLT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 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.