<< >> NASA ASRS Report 241533, May 1993

Private small transport aircraft struck another aircraft parked while taxiing under the direction of a marshaller at a 'fly-in' causing minor damage to the aircraft wingtip.

Attributes
ACN	241533
Time
Date	199305
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : i66
State Reference	OH
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Recip Eng
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 15 flight time total : 660 flight time type : 135
ASRS Report	241533
Person 2
Affiliation	government other
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

I landed to attend an airport fly-in, I was being marshalled to the aircraft parking area by a marshaller, they were parking aircraft along the taxiway. I was on the centerline of the taxiway, taxiing very slowly and following hand signals by the marshaller to go straight ahead. Aircraft were not evenly parked along the taxiway, my attention was focused on the marshaller because I was expecting to be turned after passing the row of parked aircraft. I looked to my left at the same time the left wingtip made contact with the propeller of a parked aircraft. The wingtip on my aircraft received a dent, the other aircraft, after inspection by the owner, did not appear to have any damage. There were no injuries involved. The marshaller failed to provide adequate space between aircraft because of poor marshalling techniques.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PVT SMT ACFT STRUCK ANOTHER ACFT PARKED WHILE TAXIING UNDER THE DIRECTION OF A MARSHALLER AT A 'FLY-IN' CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE ACFT WINGTIP.

Narrative: I LANDED TO ATTEND AN ARPT FLY-IN, I WAS BEING MARSHALLED TO THE ACFT PARKING AREA BY A MARSHALLER, THEY WERE PARKING ACFT ALONG THE TXWY. I WAS ON THE CTRLINE OF THE TXWY, TAXIING VERY SLOWLY AND FOLLOWING HAND SIGNALS BY THE MARSHALLER TO GO STRAIGHT AHEAD. ACFT WERE NOT EVENLY PARKED ALONG THE TXWY, MY ATTN WAS FOCUSED ON THE MARSHALLER BECAUSE I WAS EXPECTING TO BE TURNED AFTER PASSING THE ROW OF PARKED ACFT. I LOOKED TO MY L AT THE SAME TIME THE L WINGTIP MADE CONTACT WITH THE PROP OF A PARKED ACFT. THE WINGTIP ON MY ACFT RECEIVED A DENT, THE OTHER ACFT, AFTER INSPECTION BY THE OWNER, DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE ANY DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES INVOLVED. THE MARSHALLER FAILED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SPACE BTWN ACFT BECAUSE OF POOR MARSHALLING TECHNIQUES.

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.