Air carrier taxi's too close to light transport. Right wingtip strikes tail cone.

Attributes
ACN	184561
Time
Date	199107
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dfw
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet 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 : holding
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 6000
ASRS Report	184561
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 2000
ASRS Report	184765
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 0 vertical : 0
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

While taxiing south on taxiway 'F' at dfw airport my aircraft right wingtip impacted the tail cone of a commuter light transport stopped on the west side of taxiway 32/'F' intersection facing west. The light transport had turned right (west) onto taxiway 32 behind another light transport also holding short of runway 36R. After observing his wbound turn, I diverted my attention to construction vehicles working between taxiway 'F' and 'G' just south of taxiway 32. My copilot was requesting new takeoff data via the aircraft ACARS and was therefore heads down in the cockpit until just prior to the nose of our aircraft passing the light transport as he looked up. He brought it to my attention that separation of our aircraft would be a problem and I immediately swerved our aircraft to the left and began braking, but did not attain sufficient separation. Several extenuating circumstances that affected this incident were as follows: attention was directed into the cockpit to obtain new takeoff data for 3 changes in departure runway directed by tower and to select maximum power on the thrust rating computer due to the possibility of windshear. Attention was directed to the construction vehicles located between taxiway 'F' and 'G' just south of taxiway 32. Recommendation. Do not attempt to 'stack' multiple aircraft at an intersection in preparation for takeoff. Do not schedule airport construction near the departure end of a runway during high tempo operations.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR TAXI'S TOO CLOSE TO LTT. R WINGTIP STRIKES TAIL CONE.

Narrative: WHILE TAXIING S ON TXWY 'F' AT DFW ARPT MY ACFT R WINGTIP IMPACTED THE TAIL CONE OF A COMMUTER LTT STOPPED ON THE W SIDE OF TAXIWAY 32/'F' INTXN FACING W. THE LTT HAD TURNED R (W) ONTO TAXIWAY 32 BEHIND ANOTHER LTT ALSO HOLDING SHORT OF RWY 36R. AFTER OBSERVING HIS WBOUND TURN, I DIVERTED MY ATTN TO CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES WORKING BTWN TAXIWAY 'F' AND 'G' JUST S OF TAXIWAY 32. MY COPLT WAS REQUESTING NEW TKOF DATA VIA THE ACFT ACARS AND WAS THEREFORE HEADS DOWN IN THE COCKPIT UNTIL JUST PRIOR TO THE NOSE OF OUR ACFT PASSING THE LTT AS HE LOOKED UP. HE BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTN THAT SEPARATION OF OUR ACFT WOULD BE A PROBLEM AND I IMMEDIATELY SWERVED OUR ACFT TO THE L AND BEGAN BRAKING, BUT DID NOT ATTAIN SUFFICIENT SEPARATION. SEVERAL EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES THAT AFFECTED THIS INCIDENT WERE AS FOLLOWS: ATTN WAS DIRECTED INTO THE COCKPIT TO OBTAIN NEW TKOF DATA FOR 3 CHANGES IN DEP RWY DIRECTED BY TWR AND TO SELECT MAX PWR ON THE THRUST RATING COMPUTER DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF WINDSHEAR. ATTN WAS DIRECTED TO THE CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES LOCATED BTWN TAXIWAY 'F' AND 'G' JUST S OF TAXIWAY 32. RECOMMENDATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 'STACK' MULTIPLE ACFT AT AN INTXN IN PREPARATION FOR TKOF. DO NOT SCHEDULE ARPT CONSTRUCTION NEAR THE DEP END OF A RWY DURING HIGH TEMPO OPS.

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.