Air carrier large transport damage taxiing out at cvg. Right wing tip hit blast fence.

Attributes
ACN	175291
Time
Date	199104
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : cvg
State Reference	OH
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zlc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground : holding ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	175291
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 1200
ASRS Report	175289
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation
Situations
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

Trailing edge of right wing tip struck blast fence adjacent to runup area when turning to face back toward the taxiway. It was night, the area is not lighted or marked, and has no taxi lines. The area is pretty narrow and the blast fence may be too close and/or too high for proper clearance. Supplemental information from acn 175289. While waiting for hold into ord (destination) at end of runway 18R (cvg). Supplemental information from acn 175374. Felt bump as aircraft turned F/east sent to inspect, aircraft determined to be damaged. Taxied back to gate. 2' of wing tip scraped did not appear to be immediately hazardous.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR LGT DAMAGE TAXIING OUT AT CVG. RIGHT WING TIP HIT BLAST FENCE.

Narrative: TRAILING EDGE OF R WING TIP STRUCK BLAST FENCE ADJACENT TO RUNUP AREA WHEN TURNING TO FACE BACK TOWARD THE TXWY. IT WAS NIGHT, THE AREA IS NOT LIGHTED OR MARKED, AND HAS NO TAXI LINES. THE AREA IS PRETTY NARROW AND THE BLAST FENCE MAY BE TOO CLOSE AND/OR TOO HIGH FOR PROPER CLRNC. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 175289. WHILE WAITING FOR HOLD INTO ORD (DEST) AT END OF RWY 18R (CVG). SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 175374. FELT BUMP AS ACFT TURNED F/E SENT TO INSPECT, ACFT DETERMINED TO BE DAMAGED. TAXIED BACK TO GATE. 2' OF WING TIP SCRAPED DID NOT APPEAR TO BE IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS.

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.