Narrative:

While taxiing to depart aiy airport on jul/sat/04 at about XA30, another airplane (a warrior) was coming towards me in the parking ramp. We both moved to our right to allow each other to pass. While I was looking at his airplane's wingtip (off my left wing), I felt my plane skip left -- as if it ran over a chock or something. I thought I might have collided with the plane off my left wing, but that was not the case. Seeing that I didn't hit my left wing, I thought nothing of the skipping and took off to frg airport, ny. I landed (no problems whatsoever in-flight, even my position and strobe lights were working in the mist) and tied the plane down. I looked at the left wing and saw nothing. It was nighttime. It turns out that I had damaged the right wing's leading edge, near the wingtip. This must have happened during the skipping that I felt, with the right wing colliding with the fence over at bader field. I didn't even suspect this, and neither did my passenger. I flew the seneca back to republic airport not knowing I had damaged the plane. To avoid anything like this from ever happening again, I now know to stop and get out of the plane to look over the entire plane if I suspect or feel anything that is not norm during taxi.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: UNAWARE HE HAD STRUCK SOME FIXED OBJECT ON THE GND DURING TAXI FOR TKOF, PLT OF PA34 FLIES TO DEST WHERE HE DOES NOT DISCOVER DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE OF THE R WING NEAR THE WINGTIP UNTIL RETURN FLT TO BADER.

Narrative: WHILE TAXIING TO DEPART AIY ARPT ON JUL/SAT/04 AT ABOUT XA30, ANOTHER AIRPLANE (A WARRIOR) WAS COMING TOWARDS ME IN THE PARKING RAMP. WE BOTH MOVED TO OUR R TO ALLOW EACH OTHER TO PASS. WHILE I WAS LOOKING AT HIS AIRPLANE'S WINGTIP (OFF MY L WING), I FELT MY PLANE SKIP L -- AS IF IT RAN OVER A CHOCK OR SOMETHING. I THOUGHT I MIGHT HAVE COLLIDED WITH THE PLANE OFF MY L WING, BUT THAT WAS NOT THE CASE. SEEING THAT I DIDN'T HIT MY L WING, I THOUGHT NOTHING OF THE SKIPPING AND TOOK OFF TO FRG ARPT, NY. I LANDED (NO PROBS WHATSOEVER INFLT, EVEN MY POS AND STROBE LIGHTS WERE WORKING IN THE MIST) AND TIED THE PLANE DOWN. I LOOKED AT THE L WING AND SAW NOTHING. IT WAS NIGHTTIME. IT TURNS OUT THAT I HAD DAMAGED THE R WING'S LEADING EDGE, NEAR THE WINGTIP. THIS MUST HAVE HAPPENED DURING THE SKIPPING THAT I FELT, WITH THE R WING COLLIDING WITH THE FENCE OVER AT BADER FIELD. I DIDN'T EVEN SUSPECT THIS, AND NEITHER DID MY PAX. I FLEW THE SENECA BACK TO REPUBLIC ARPT NOT KNOWING I HAD DAMAGED THE PLANE. TO AVOID ANYTHING LIKE THIS FROM EVER HAPPENING AGAIN, I NOW KNOW TO STOP AND GET OUT OF THE PLANE TO LOOK OVER THE ENTIRE PLANE IF I SUSPECT OR FEEL ANYTHING THAT IS NOT NORM DURING TAXI.

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.