A BE58 pilot inadvertently collided with a ground vehicle.

Attributes
ACN	617803
Time
Date	200405
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	Baron 58/58TC
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 140 flight time total : 2500 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	617803
Person 2
Function	other personnel
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical ground encounters : vehicle inflight encounter : weather other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : vd 2
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Company Aircraft ATC Human Performance Environmental Factor Flight Crew Human Performance Weather Airport
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Collided with ground vehicle while taxiing onto ramp. Factors include low visibility, speed of aircraft, vehicles on ramp, lighting conditions, and fact that ramp was wet. Corrective actions would include slowing taxi speed, better ramp lighting and better lighting of ramp vehicles.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A BE58 PLT INADVERTENTLY COLLIDED WITH A GND VEHICLE.

Narrative: COLLIDED WITH GND VEHICLE WHILE TAXIING ONTO RAMP. FACTORS INCLUDE LOW VISIBILITY, SPD OF ACFT, VEHICLES ON RAMP, LIGHTING CONDITIONS, AND FACT THAT RAMP WAS WET. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS WOULD INCLUDE SLOWING TAXI SPD, BETTER RAMP LIGHTING AND BETTER LIGHTING OF RAMP VEHICLES.

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.