<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1310021, November 2015

General aviation aircraft taxiing into ramp area at night struck a parked aircraft. Ramp lighting listed as a factor.

Attributes
ACN	1310021
Time
Date	201511
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	DWH.Airport
State Reference	TX
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Transport
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Flight Phase	Parked
Route In Use	None
Person 1
Function	Captain Single Pilot Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30 Flight Crew Total 8000 Flight Crew Type 5000
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft

Narrative:

While taxiing into the ramp located on taxiway 'p' my aircraft's right wing struck another single engine aircraft. It was unmanned and parked. While taxiing into the ramp area a lineman was indicating with electric wands the area I was to park in. I could not see the aircraft parked to south of my intended parking space due to lighting conditions and determined that area would be the safest approach to the parking spot. While making the turn to the left; referencing the lineman and performing a 180 degree turn to park; my aircraft's right wing struck the [other aircraft]. I believe that more adequate lighting on the ramp area and additional guidance while parking could have prevented this.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: General aviation aircraft taxiing into ramp area at night struck a parked aircraft. Ramp lighting listed as a factor.

Narrative: While taxiing into the ramp located on taxiway 'p' my aircraft's right wing struck another single engine aircraft. It was unmanned and parked. While taxiing into the ramp area a lineman was indicating with electric wands the area I was to park in. I could not see the aircraft parked to south of my intended parking space due to lighting conditions and determined that area would be the safest approach to the parking spot. While making the turn to the left; referencing the lineman and performing a 180 degree turn to park; my aircraft's right wing struck the [other aircraft]. I believe that more adequate lighting on the ramp area and additional guidance while parking could have prevented this.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.