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Small aircraft atx pilot hits wingtip on obstruction vehicle as taxiing traffic. Aircraft damaged, pilot fired.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 245964 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199307 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : jnu |
| State Reference | AK |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : dca |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| ASRS Report | 245964 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | other personnel other personnel other |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : insufficient time |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
After radioing in a company flight plan and going through preflight and prestart checklist, I started engine and started taxi on company apron while waiting to get through to ground control. I taxied approximately 15 yards where a company fuel truck was parked fueling another company aircraft. Instead of crossing the lot (company policy prohibits crossing 'the lot' -- other company's apron space), I tried to squeeze between a parked aircraft and our fuel truck. Thinking that I was clear of the trucks, I was watching the other aircraft on my left and then struck the fuel truck on my right, making contact with the outer 1-2 inches of the wingtip with the mirror of the truck. I was fired!
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SMA ATX PLT HITS WINGTIP ON OBSTRUCTION VEHICLE AS TAXIING TFC. ACFT DAMAGED, PLT FIRED.
Narrative: AFTER RADIOING IN A COMPANY FLT PLAN AND GOING THROUGH PREFLT AND PRESTART CHKLIST, I STARTED ENG AND STARTED TAXI ON COMPANY APRON WHILE WAITING TO GET THROUGH TO GND CTL. I TAXIED APPROX 15 YARDS WHERE A COMPANY FUEL TRUCK WAS PARKED FUELING ANOTHER COMPANY ACFT. INSTEAD OF XING THE LOT (COMPANY POLICY PROHIBITS XING 'THE LOT' -- OTHER COMPANY'S APRON SPACE), I TRIED TO SQUEEZE BTWN A PARKED ACFT AND OUR FUEL TRUCK. THINKING THAT I WAS CLR OF THE TRUCKS, I WAS WATCHING THE OTHER ACFT ON MY L AND THEN STRUCK THE FUEL TRUCK ON MY R, MAKING CONTACT WITH THE OUTER 1-2 INCHES OF THE WINGTIP WITH THE MIRROR OF THE TRUCK. I WAS 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.