Maule aircraft taxiing hit parked car. Damaged propeller, engine and cowling.

Attributes
ACN	368454
Time
Date	199705
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sdl
State Reference	AZ
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Maule Aircraft Corp Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 80 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 10
ASRS Report	368454
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Completed flight and was taxiing into a maintenance facility when I struck a parked car. The car was parked with the front of the car in a no parking zone marked with 'no parking.' the maule is very difficult to see from and I totally missed seeing the car. After the collision, I still could not see the car without opening the door and hanging out of the plane. Causes are parking a car in no parking zone, poor visibility, from maule, and my failure to zig- zag to check in front of me. Damage was limited to propeller, engine and nicks on cowling.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MAULE ACFT TAXIING HIT PARKED CAR. DAMAGED PROP, ENG AND COWLING.

Narrative: COMPLETED FLT AND WAS TAXIING INTO A MAINT FACILITY WHEN I STRUCK A PARKED CAR. THE CAR WAS PARKED WITH THE FRONT OF THE CAR IN A NO PARKING ZONE MARKED WITH 'NO PARKING.' THE MAULE IS VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE FROM AND I TOTALLY MISSED SEEING THE CAR. AFTER THE COLLISION, I STILL COULD NOT SEE THE CAR WITHOUT OPENING THE DOOR AND HANGING OUT OF THE PLANE. CAUSES ARE PARKING A CAR IN NO PARKING ZONE, POOR VISIBILITY, FROM MAULE, AND MY FAILURE TO ZIG- ZAG TO CHK IN FRONT OF ME. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO PROP, ENG AND NICKS ON COWLING.

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.