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A cessna citation while being guided onto a parking spot struck a parked BE35 incurring damage to both aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 423106 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199812 |
| Day | Sun |
| 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 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 2800 flight time type : 150 |
| ASRS Report | 423106 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | other personnel other personnel |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Taxi collision with a parked aircraft. After being cleared to taxi to the ramp, I was met by a 'follow me' cart who darted between planes to where he wanted me to park and began waving me to that spot. I turned left on the ramp and was blinded by the low, yellow sun. I was watching the ramp attendant and did not see the small, yellow bonanza on the ramp due to the sun directly over the bonanza. The right wing of the bonanza impacted the nose of the citation I was taxiing. I should have been more observant of this aircraft and less fixated on the ramp attendant. The ramp attendant should have provided true 'follow me' guidance and not rushed to the parking spot via a route that I could not maneuver.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A CESSNA CITATION WHILE BEING GUIDED ONTO A PARKING SPOT STRUCK A PARKED BE35 INCURRING DAMAGE TO BOTH ACFT.
Narrative: TAXI COLLISION WITH A PARKED ACFT. AFTER BEING CLRED TO TAXI TO THE RAMP, I WAS MET BY A 'FOLLOW ME' CART WHO DARTED BTWN PLANES TO WHERE HE WANTED ME TO PARK AND BEGAN WAVING ME TO THAT SPOT. I TURNED L ON THE RAMP AND WAS BLINDED BY THE LOW, YELLOW SUN. I WAS WATCHING THE RAMP ATTENDANT AND DID NOT SEE THE SMALL, YELLOW BONANZA ON THE RAMP DUE TO THE SUN DIRECTLY OVER THE BONANZA. THE R WING OF THE BONANZA IMPACTED THE NOSE OF THE CITATION I WAS TAXIING. I SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE OBSERVANT OF THIS ACFT AND LESS FIXATED ON THE RAMP ATTENDANT. THE RAMP ATTENDANT SHOULD HAVE PROVIDED TRUE 'FOLLOW ME' GUIDANCE AND NOT RUSHED TO THE PARKING SPOT VIA A RTE THAT I COULD NOT MANEUVER.
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.