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Pilot of an small aircraft sel struck another aircraft parked next to the taxiway after drifting off the side of the taxiway due to distraction.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 301270 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199504 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : toa |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : tri |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 25 flight time total : 565 flight time type : 300 |
| ASRS Report | 301270 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical other anomaly other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 0 vertical : 0 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Taxiing in narrow taxiway. Distracted by passenger. Drifted to right. Right wingtip hit another aircraft's propeller and cowling. Cracked my plastic wingtip fairing, dented other plane's cowling and scratched propeller. Put some duct tape over my wingtip cracks and flew back to santa monica, and later to whiteman for repair.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF AN SMA SEL STRUCK ANOTHER ACFT PARKED NEXT TO THE TXWY AFTER DRIFTING OFF THE SIDE OF THE TXWY DUE TO DISTR.
Narrative: TAXIING IN NARROW TXWY. DISTRACTED BY PAX. DRIFTED TO R. R WINGTIP HIT ANOTHER ACFT'S PROP AND COWLING. CRACKED MY PLASTIC WINGTIP FAIRING, DENTED OTHER PLANE'S COWLING AND SCRATCHED PROP. PUT SOME DUCT TAPE OVER MY WINGTIP CRACKS AND FLEW BACK TO SANTA MONICA, AND LATER TO WHITEMAN FOR REPAIR.
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.