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Attributes | |
ACN | 221362 |
Time | |
Date | 199209 |
Day | Wed |
Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : lga |
State Reference | NY |
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 | Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng |
Flight Phase | ground : parked ground other : taxi |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Aircraft 2 | |
Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
Make Model Name | Light Transport, High Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng |
Flight Phase | ground : parked |
Flight Plan | None |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 4900 flight time type : 1600 |
ASRS Report | 221362 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : first officer |
Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
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 |
Supplementary | |
Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
We were being marshalled for parking by an FBO employee. I was directed to pull straight between an small transport and an light transport when he, and myself, realized his plan was not going to work. Then he signal to me to begin a right turn, which I did. As I was turning I began to think, 'I hope someone is watching my tail,' just as I was thinking it, I felt the rudder rub onto something. I stopped aircraft and then the marshall noticed something had happened at the rear of my aircraft, then he issued a stop signal. I shut down the engines and unloaded the passengers. My tail/rudder had contacted the right wing tip of the light transport. Virtually no damage occurred to either aircraft, beside scratched paint. Mechanics looked at both aircraft and released both for flight a few hours later.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN LTT'S RUDDER HIT THE WING TIP OF A PARKED SMT WHILE TRYING TO PARK IN TIGHT QUARTERS. THE LTT WAS UNDER CTL OF A GUIDEMAN.
Narrative: WE WERE BEING MARSHALLED FOR PARKING BY AN FBO EMPLOYEE. I WAS DIRECTED TO PULL STRAIGHT BTWN AN SMT AND AN LTT WHEN HE, AND MYSELF, REALIZED HIS PLAN WAS NOT GOING TO WORK. THEN HE SIGNAL TO ME TO BEGIN A R TURN, WHICH I DID. AS I WAS TURNING I BEGAN TO THINK, 'I HOPE SOMEONE IS WATCHING MY TAIL,' JUST AS I WAS THINKING IT, I FELT THE RUDDER RUB ONTO SOMETHING. I STOPPED ACFT AND THEN THE MARSHALL NOTICED SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED AT THE REAR OF MY ACFT, THEN HE ISSUED A STOP SIGNAL. I SHUT DOWN THE ENGS AND UNLOADED THE PAXS. MY TAIL/RUDDER HAD CONTACTED THE R WING TIP OF THE LTT. VIRTUALLY NO DAMAGE OCCURRED TO EITHER ACFT, BESIDE SCRATCHED PAINT. MECHS LOOKED AT BOTH ACFT AND RELEASED BOTH FOR FLT A FEW HRS LATER.
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.