Instructor with spi taxiing at night. Wing hits baggage cart.

Attributes
ACN	274712
Time
Date	199406
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : hnl
State Reference	HI
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zlc
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	instruction : instructor
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time total : 1150
ASRS Report	274712
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : student
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted other
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Student and I taxi to runup from flying school to FBO. En route to taxi, passing abc ramp area, passing parked aircraft, student did not see baggage cart. Cart hit aircraft on left wing leading edge. Event occurred at night. Loud thump was heard. Wing dent approximately 6 inches by 6 inches in size. Aircraft not on taxiway, but rather transiting the ramp area to FBO. Corrective action: request transit via the taxiway line to FBO. Aborted flight. Taxi back to flying school.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: INSTRUCTOR WITH SPI TAXIING AT NIGHT. WING HITS BAGGAGE CART.

Narrative: STUDENT AND I TAXI TO RUNUP FROM FLYING SCHOOL TO FBO. ENRTE TO TAXI, PASSING ABC RAMP AREA, PASSING PARKED ACFT, STUDENT DID NOT SEE BAGGAGE CART. CART HIT ACFT ON L WING LEADING EDGE. EVENT OCCURRED AT NIGHT. LOUD THUMP WAS HEARD. WING DENT APPROX 6 INCHES BY 6 INCHES IN SIZE. ACFT NOT ON TXWY, BUT RATHER TRANSITING THE RAMP AREA TO FBO. CORRECTIVE ACTION: REQUEST TRANSIT VIA THE TXWY LINE TO FBO. ABORTED FLT. TAXI BACK TO FLYING SCHOOL.

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.