1 small aircraft hits another in ramp operation aircraft parking procedure in a night operation.

Attributes
ACN	243175
Time
Date	199306
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mkc
State Reference	MO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	Marginal
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Retractable Gear
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 40 flight time total : 560 flight time type : 250
ASRS Report	243175
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Taxi south off of high speed, turned southeast onto ramp heading straight into flood light. Mist began to fall on already wet window. Window started to fog up making it difficult to see. Looked for spot to park and started turning east. Right wing hit parked aircraft on ramp. Parked aircraft was in dark corner of ramp. Rain with head-on view of lights and fog on window made it impossible to notice the parked aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: 1 SMA HITS ANOTHER IN RAMP OP ACFT PARKING PROC IN A NIGHT OP.

Narrative: TAXI S OFF OF HIGH SPD, TURNED SE ONTO RAMP HDG STRAIGHT INTO FLOOD LIGHT. MIST BEGAN TO FALL ON ALREADY WET WINDOW. WINDOW STARTED TO FOG UP MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO SEE. LOOKED FOR SPOT TO PARK AND STARTED TURNING E. R WING HIT PARKED ACFT ON RAMP. PARKED ACFT WAS IN DARK CORNER OF RAMP. RAIN WITH HEAD-ON VIEW OF LIGHTS AND FOG ON WINDOW MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO NOTICE THE PARKED ACFT.

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.