Narrative:

When I was preflting the bn-2 aircraft, the determination was made by myself that the airplane was in a position that could be taxied out without striking adjacent aircraft. As I taxied the aircraft out, the airplane appeared to have cleared both aircraft without any contact. It wasn't till later on, with the airplane repositioned on the ramp, that line personnel and myself realized that the airplane might have clipped the gv. The damage to the gv was a 12-14 inch scratch and minor dent on the right side fuselage under the co-pilot's window. The bn-2 sustained just a broken navigation light red plastic cover. Factors contributing to this occurrence were the FBO's delays in repositioning the bn-2 to a more open space on the ramp, even though they were instructed to do so 45 mins prior to the occurrence by company personnel. In the final analysis, however, the situation could have been avoided by the PIC simply refusing to taxi out of a tight spot and waiting till FBO employees repositioned the aircraft. To prevent this from occurring again, it should become company policy to only allow repos of the aircraft by way of taxiing in open ramp spaces.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ATTEMPTING TO TAXI OUT OF A CONFINED LOCATION WITHOUT BENEFIT OF GUIDANCE, BN2P PLT STRIKES PARKED GLF5.

Narrative: WHEN I WAS PREFLTING THE BN-2 ACFT, THE DETERMINATION WAS MADE BY MYSELF THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS IN A POS THAT COULD BE TAXIED OUT WITHOUT STRIKING ADJACENT ACFT. AS I TAXIED THE ACFT OUT, THE AIRPLANE APPEARED TO HAVE CLRED BOTH ACFT WITHOUT ANY CONTACT. IT WASN'T TILL LATER ON, WITH THE AIRPLANE REPOSITIONED ON THE RAMP, THAT LINE PERSONNEL AND MYSELF REALIZED THAT THE AIRPLANE MIGHT HAVE CLIPPED THE GV. THE DAMAGE TO THE GV WAS A 12-14 INCH SCRATCH AND MINOR DENT ON THE R SIDE FUSELAGE UNDER THE CO-PLT'S WINDOW. THE BN-2 SUSTAINED JUST A BROKEN NAV LIGHT RED PLASTIC COVER. FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THIS OCCURRENCE WERE THE FBO'S DELAYS IN REPOSITIONING THE BN-2 TO A MORE OPEN SPACE ON THE RAMP, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE INSTRUCTED TO DO SO 45 MINS PRIOR TO THE OCCURRENCE BY COMPANY PERSONNEL. IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS, HOWEVER, THE SIT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED BY THE PIC SIMPLY REFUSING TO TAXI OUT OF A TIGHT SPOT AND WAITING TILL FBO EMPLOYEES REPOSITIONED THE ACFT. TO PREVENT THIS FROM OCCURRING AGAIN, IT SHOULD BECOME COMPANY POLICY TO ONLY ALLOW REPOS OF THE ACFT BY WAY OF TAXIING IN OPEN RAMP SPACES.

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.