A PC12 pilot, while taxiing, made contact with a chain link fence, damaging his left wingtip.

Attributes
ACN	565848
Time
Date	200211
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sow.airport
State Reference	AZ
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	PC-12
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 5050 flight time type : 300
ASRS Report	565848
Events
Anomaly	ground encounters other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Taxiing aircraft in close proximity to another aircraft, watching my right wingtip, so it would not hit other aircraft. Left wingtip contacted chain link fence, damaging winglet. Accident could have been prevented with better situational awareness of both wingtips.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A PC12 PLT, WHILE TAXIING, MADE CONTACT WITH A CHAIN LINK FENCE, DAMAGING HIS L WINGTIP.

Narrative: TAXIING ACFT IN CLOSE PROX TO ANOTHER ACFT, WATCHING MY R WINGTIP, SO IT WOULD NOT HIT OTHER ACFT. L WINGTIP CONTACTED CHAIN LINK FENCE, DAMAGING WINGLET. ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED WITH BETTER SITUATIONAL AWARENESS OF BOTH WINGTIPS.

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.