Pilot taxied into another aircraft.

Attributes
ACN	425707
Time
Date	199901
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lna
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 10 flight time total : 1173 flight time type : 419
ASRS Report	425707
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Miss Distance	horizontal : 0 vertical : 0
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Engine was started to taxi out for ground runup (magneto check, propeller, etc). Intercom was not working and with pilot's head down trying to determine problem with intercom, aircraft started rolling. Because of attention to repair intercom, pilot unaware that plane is rolling until it collided with twin engine aircraft parked nearby. Brakes had been applied but due to attention to intercom, brakes were inadvertently released, allowing the aircraft to roll.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT TAXIED INTO ANOTHER ACFT.

Narrative: ENG WAS STARTED TO TAXI OUT FOR GND RUNUP (MAGNETO CHK, PROP, ETC). INTERCOM WAS NOT WORKING AND WITH PLT'S HEAD DOWN TRYING TO DETERMINE PROB WITH INTERCOM, ACFT STARTED ROLLING. BECAUSE OF ATTN TO REPAIR INTERCOM, PLT UNAWARE THAT PLANE IS ROLLING UNTIL IT COLLIDED WITH TWIN ENG ACFT PARKED NEARBY. BRAKES HAD BEEN APPLIED BUT DUE TO ATTN TO INTERCOM, BRAKES WERE INADVERTENTLY RELEASED, ALLOWING THE ACFT TO ROLL.

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.