The crews described the events leading to wingtip contact at adjacent gates while parking at bna.

Attributes
ACN	1341434
Time
Date	201603
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	BNA.Airport
State Reference	TN
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Large Transport
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Large Transport
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 135 Flight Crew Type 11550
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 151
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Ground Event / Encounter Aircraft

Narrative:

Pulling into bna; the left winglet on my aircraft contacted the right winglet of the aircraft at the adjacent gate. As we approached the gate; I cleared the safety area and noted that there were aircraft at both adjacent gates and assumed wing tip clearance since both other aircraft were stationary; on their respective j-lines and at their respective gates. However; the aircraft to the left was actually 10-15 feet back from its gate. I presume they had started but stopped their push when they saw us coming. From my perspective this was not apparent to me and I proceeded to follow the marshaler's directions to our gate. The winglets of the aircraft contacted; scraping paint from each; but with no other apparent damage. I was unaware that there had been any contact at all until approximately 20 minutes later when one of the rampers came to the cockpit to ask me if I was aware of what was happening. The agent likewise was unaware of the situation and had almost completed boarding of the next flight before being made aware that the aircraft would be taken out of service.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: The crews described the events leading to wingtip contact at adjacent gates while parking at BNA.

Narrative: Pulling into BNA; the left winglet on my aircraft contacted the right winglet of the aircraft at the adjacent Gate. As we approached the Gate; I cleared the safety area and noted that there were aircraft at both adjacent gates and assumed wing tip clearance since both other aircraft were stationary; on their respective J-lines and at their respective gates. However; the aircraft to the left was actually 10-15 feet back from its gate. I presume they had started but stopped their push when they saw us coming. From my perspective this was not apparent to me and I proceeded to follow the Marshaler's directions to our Gate. The winglets of the aircraft contacted; scraping paint from each; but with no other apparent damage. I was unaware that there had been any contact at all until approximately 20 minutes later when one of the Rampers came to the cockpit to ask me if I was aware of what was happening. The Agent likewise was unaware of the situation and had almost completed boarding of the next flight before being made aware that the aircraft would be taken out of service.

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.