Tail of commuter light transport hit the tail of company light transport as the aircraft was taxiing...

Attributes
ACN	145340
Time
Date	199005
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : alb
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : nqx
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 8500 flight time type : 700
ASRS Report	145340
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 40 flight time total : 1050
ASRS Report	145341
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 0 vertical : 0
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Marshaller guided captain to park close behind company aircraft which was parked due to gatehold. When we were ready to depart, the marshaller directed me to make a sharp right turn out of the gate area while we both watched clearance with the company aircraft. After the left wing tip cleared the tail of the other aircraft the marshaller directed me to taxi forward out of the gate area. As I was leaving the gate I felt a bump in the yoke. Company called us back to the gate. The other pilot had observed the tail of our aircraft ride over the tail of his aircraft. Our aircraft received a bent static wick on the end of the left stabilizer. The other aircraft received a scratch on the upper surface of the elevator and the stabilizer of the parked aircraft (about 3' from the right end of the tail). Mechanic inspected both aircraft and straightened our static wick and released both aircraft as airworthy.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TAIL OF COMMUTER LTT HIT THE TAIL OF COMPANY LTT AS THE ACFT WAS TAXIING AWAY FROM THE GATE.

Narrative: MARSHALLER GUIDED CAPT TO PARK CLOSE BEHIND COMPANY ACFT WHICH WAS PARKED DUE TO GATEHOLD. WHEN WE WERE READY TO DEPART, THE MARSHALLER DIRECTED ME TO MAKE A SHARP RIGHT TURN OUT OF THE GATE AREA WHILE WE BOTH WATCHED CLRNC WITH THE COMPANY ACFT. AFTER THE LEFT WING TIP CLRED THE TAIL OF THE OTHER ACFT THE MARSHALLER DIRECTED ME TO TAXI FORWARD OUT OF THE GATE AREA. AS I WAS LEAVING THE GATE I FELT A BUMP IN THE YOKE. COMPANY CALLED US BACK TO THE GATE. THE OTHER PLT HAD OBSERVED THE TAIL OF OUR ACFT RIDE OVER THE TAIL OF HIS ACFT. OUR ACFT RECEIVED A BENT STATIC WICK ON THE END OF THE LEFT STABILIZER. THE OTHER ACFT RECEIVED A SCRATCH ON THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE ELEVATOR AND THE STABILIZER OF THE PARKED ACFT (ABOUT 3' FROM THE RIGHT END OF THE TAIL). MECH INSPECTED BOTH ACFT AND STRAIGHTENED OUR STATIC WICK AND RELEASED BOTH ACFT AS AIRWORTHY.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.

Tail of commuter light transport hit the tail of company light transport as the aircraft was taxiing away from the gate.