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Cessna pilot reported a close call when an aircraft taxiing came close to contacting the reporter's aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1662538 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201907 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Instructor |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
| Experience | Flight Crew Total 490 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Ground Conflict Critical |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 0 Vertical 1 |
Narrative:
During engine run-up; my aircraft was parked in a non-standard area approved by ground control. A portion of the right wing was entered into the taxiway; alpha. While facing west; an eastbound aircraft on taxiway alpha failed to widen out to create sufficient spacing to taxi past. Upon realization that contact was going to occur if not for action; I elected to open my window and gesture to the opposing pilot via waving and ultimately a radio call. Although the aircraft did finally stop; its wing was overlapping my wing. Fortunately; their wing was slightly higher; although within inches of contact. I shutdown my engine with approval from ground control and pushed my aircraft back by hand to allow space for the other aircraft to pass.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Cessna pilot reported a close call when an aircraft taxiing came close to contacting the reporter's aircraft.
Narrative: During engine run-up; my aircraft was parked in a non-standard area approved by Ground Control. A portion of the right wing was entered into the taxiway; Alpha. While facing west; an eastbound aircraft on Taxiway Alpha failed to widen out to create sufficient spacing to taxi past. Upon realization that contact was going to occur if not for action; I elected to open my window and gesture to the opposing pilot via waving and ultimately a radio call. Although the aircraft did finally stop; its wing was overlapping my wing. Fortunately; their wing was slightly higher; although within inches of contact. I shutdown my engine with approval from Ground Control and pushed my aircraft back by hand to allow space for the other aircraft to pass.
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.