Narrative:

I was practicing my takeoffs and landings. At approximately XA40am I had completed my 8th landing onto runway xx. As I cleared active runway; I stopped completed my post-flight checklist. When I looked up I noticed several people standing to the left of the taxi lane (adjacent to hangar). I began to taxi down to runway xx and began evaluating my last landing and maintaining my awareness for the group of people to my left as I passed. While looking down the taxi lane I suddenly felt a bump; which led me to believe that I ran over something or that the brakes temporarily locked then released. I saw no physical damage to tire and continued to taxi down to runway xx. Prior to completing my pre-flight check I received a call to return aircraft to slip. After parking aircraft my instructor came over to inform me that I had struck another aircraft while taxiing. There was no physical damage to my plane; only a streak of paint from other plane. Also; the plane I hit appeared to have not physical damage; only cosmetic. The areas of plane were my left wingtip and other airplanes right wing. The contributing factors are as follows: 1) my 8th landing was the worst one all day which made me focus more on what I need to do a correct it next time; as I taxi down to runway xx. 2) large group of people drew my attention away from other surrounding areas/obstacles. 3) the parked airplane was not clear of taxi zone. 4) height of wings and wind span were out of my peripheral vision. 5) pilot assumption that staying on taxi lane was safe from obstacles. Corrective action taken (by pilot): 1) be cognizant of aircraft wingspan. 2) pay closer attention to surrounding area while taxiing. 3) re-read FAA runway safety brochure. 4) execute better judgment when encountering unexplained incident while operating aircraft.

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Title: The student pilot of a C172 allowed his aircraft's wing tip to graze the wing tip of another aircraft as he taxied back for another practice takeoff and landing series.

Narrative: I was practicing my takeoffs and landings. At approximately XA40am I had completed my 8th landing onto Runway XX. As I cleared active runway; I stopped completed my post-flight checklist. When I looked up I noticed several people standing to the left of the taxi lane (adjacent to hangar). I began to taxi down to Runway XX and began evaluating my last landing and maintaining my awareness for the group of people to my left as I passed. While looking down the taxi lane I suddenly felt a bump; which led me to believe that I ran over something or that the brakes temporarily locked then released. I saw no physical damage to tire and continued to taxi down to Runway XX. Prior to completing my pre-flight check I received a call to return aircraft to slip. After parking aircraft my instructor came over to inform me that I had struck another aircraft while taxiing. There was no physical damage to my plane; only a streak of paint from other plane. Also; the plane I hit appeared to have not physical damage; only cosmetic. The areas of plane were my left wingtip and other airplanes right wing. The contributing factors are as follows: 1) My 8th landing was the worst one all day which made me focus more on what I need to do a correct it next time; as I taxi down to Runway XX. 2) Large group of people drew my attention away from other surrounding areas/obstacles. 3) The parked airplane was not clear of taxi zone. 4) Height of wings and wind span were out of my peripheral vision. 5) Pilot assumption that staying on taxi lane was safe from obstacles. Corrective action taken (by pilot): 1) Be cognizant of aircraft wingspan. 2) Pay closer attention to surrounding area while taxiing. 3) Re-read FAA Runway Safety Brochure. 4) Execute better judgment when encountering unexplained incident while operating aircraft.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.