Commuter light transport hit wing tip to wing tip with company aircraft on the next ramp position.

Attributes
ACN	190106
Time
Date	199109
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : stl
State Reference	MO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 2400 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	190106
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

Taxiing into park, at gate our light transport aircraft bumped wing tips (overlapped) with the next light transport aircraft on the right. Myself, as the first officer, told the captain to 'slow down, we're pretty close.' then followed up with shouting 'stop!' the qualified ramper was still signaling to come forward. The captain put on the brakes and yet the aircraft still lunged 4 or 5 inches forward to meet with the adjacent aircraft's wing tip. Even after the 2 wing tips had met, the qualified ramper was still signaling us to come forward. Insignificant damage was sustained by both wing tips. Nonetheless, company policy called for a change of both wing tips. The parking arrangements on the company airline ramp are completely unsatisfactory. Measures are being taken to change the layout of aircraft position on the ramp. Also, further on-the-job- training is being dispersed to all the individual rampers. The ramper that was directing us into our 'parking space' has since been fired.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: COMMUTER LTT HIT WING TIP TO WING TIP WITH COMPANY ACFT ON THE NEXT RAMP POS.

Narrative: TAXIING INTO PARK, AT GATE OUR LTT ACFT BUMPED WING TIPS (OVERLAPPED) WITH THE NEXT LTT ACFT ON THE R. MYSELF, AS THE FO, TOLD THE CAPT TO 'SLOW DOWN, WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE.' THEN FOLLOWED UP WITH SHOUTING 'STOP!' THE QUALIFIED RAMPER WAS STILL SIGNALING TO COME FORWARD. THE CAPT PUT ON THE BRAKES AND YET THE ACFT STILL LUNGED 4 OR 5 INCHES FORWARD TO MEET WITH THE ADJACENT ACFT'S WING TIP. EVEN AFTER THE 2 WING TIPS HAD MET, THE QUALIFIED RAMPER WAS STILL SIGNALING US TO COME FORWARD. INSIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED BY BOTH WING TIPS. NONETHELESS, COMPANY POLICY CALLED FOR A CHANGE OF BOTH WING TIPS. THE PARKING ARRANGEMENTS ON THE COMPANY AIRLINE RAMP ARE COMPLETELY UNSATISFACTORY. MEASURES ARE BEING TAKEN TO CHANGE THE LAYOUT OF ACFT POS ON THE RAMP. ALSO, FURTHER ON-THE-JOB- TRAINING IS BEING DISPERSED TO ALL THE INDIVIDUAL RAMPERS. THE RAMPER THAT WAS DIRECTING US INTO OUR 'PARKING SPACE' HAS SINCE BEEN FIRED.

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.