Narrative:

Taxiing out of my tie-down at row K for a VFR flight, I noticed that I had...stopped short of taxiway 1 and notified ground that I had to shut down temporarily and would call when I was ready to resume taxiing. I shut the plane down and removed the pitot cover and did a brief walkaround to make sure I did not overlook anything else. Finding no other problems, I returned to the cockpit and started the plane (doublechking my prestart checklist). As I called ground to get a taxi clearance I noticed a plane blocking the taxiway to the active runway (taxiway 1 south of my position). Ground told me to stand by while they figured out what to do. I offered to taxi out briefly to the north on taxiway 1, giving way to the other plane and then turning to the south. Ground approved (if I was able). On taxiing out I was primarily watching the other plane and when I turned right, my wingtip contacted a hangar door. I was able to shut down and push the plane back and then taxi back to my tie down. There was minor damage to the door and a broken fairing on my right tip tank. I knew I was tired and hungry and was trying to hurry to visit my children. I missed the pitot cover on initial preflight because I was preoccupied with the condition of the nosewheel, which looked low. Attempting to be extra careful at studying the wheel and nose gear, I failed to look up at the nose of the plane and remove the pitot cover. The missed preflight item raised my awareness of my fatigue, but apparently not enough. In hindsight, I should have 1) reviewed the preflight checklist upon completion of the walkaround -- that would have caught the missed cover, 2) waited for ground's instructions and kept the plane on the taxiway centerline instead of volunteering a solution that was obviously a risk, or better yet 3) when I noticed how tired I really was I should have canceled the flight.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A VERY LOW TIME PLT, FLYING A C310, WAS TAXIING AT RHV AND ATTEMPTED TO TAXI AROUND AN ACFT, CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE A HANGAR DOOR WITH HIS WINGTIP.

Narrative: TAXIING OUT OF MY TIE-DOWN AT ROW K FOR A VFR FLT, I NOTICED THAT I HAD...STOPPED SHORT OF TXWY 1 AND NOTIFIED GND THAT I HAD TO SHUT DOWN TEMPORARILY AND WOULD CALL WHEN I WAS READY TO RESUME TAXIING. I SHUT THE PLANE DOWN AND REMOVED THE PITOT COVER AND DID A BRIEF WALKAROUND TO MAKE SURE I DID NOT OVERLOOK ANYTHING ELSE. FINDING NO OTHER PROBS, I RETURNED TO THE COCKPIT AND STARTED THE PLANE (DOUBLECHKING MY PRESTART CHKLIST). AS I CALLED GND TO GET A TAXI CLRNC I NOTICED A PLANE BLOCKING THE TXWY TO THE ACTIVE RWY (TXWY 1 S OF MY POS). GND TOLD ME TO STAND BY WHILE THEY FIGURED OUT WHAT TO DO. I OFFERED TO TAXI OUT BRIEFLY TO THE N ON TXWY 1, GIVING WAY TO THE OTHER PLANE AND THEN TURNING TO THE S. GND APPROVED (IF I WAS ABLE). ON TAXIING OUT I WAS PRIMARILY WATCHING THE OTHER PLANE AND WHEN I TURNED R, MY WINGTIP CONTACTED A HANGAR DOOR. I WAS ABLE TO SHUT DOWN AND PUSH THE PLANE BACK AND THEN TAXI BACK TO MY TIE DOWN. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE DOOR AND A BROKEN FAIRING ON MY R TIP TANK. I KNEW I WAS TIRED AND HUNGRY AND WAS TRYING TO HURRY TO VISIT MY CHILDREN. I MISSED THE PITOT COVER ON INITIAL PREFLT BECAUSE I WAS PREOCCUPIED WITH THE CONDITION OF THE NOSEWHEEL, WHICH LOOKED LOW. ATTEMPTING TO BE EXTRA CAREFUL AT STUDYING THE WHEEL AND NOSE GEAR, I FAILED TO LOOK UP AT THE NOSE OF THE PLANE AND REMOVE THE PITOT COVER. THE MISSED PREFLT ITEM RAISED MY AWARENESS OF MY FATIGUE, BUT APPARENTLY NOT ENOUGH. IN HINDSIGHT, I SHOULD HAVE 1) REVIEWED THE PREFLT CHKLIST UPON COMPLETION OF THE WALKAROUND -- THAT WOULD HAVE CAUGHT THE MISSED COVER, 2) WAITED FOR GND'S INSTRUCTIONS AND KEPT THE PLANE ON THE TXWY CTRLINE INSTEAD OF VOLUNTEERING A SOLUTION THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY A RISK, OR BETTER YET 3) WHEN I NOTICED HOW TIRED I REALLY WAS I SHOULD HAVE CANCELED THE FLT.

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.