Narrative:

I was taxiing out from parking on a ramp area. Path to active taxiway was along side a line of parked aircraft. I was asked to hold my position by ground control. I did so. My left wing was close to the flight line. When controller cleared me once again to continue taxi, I did not realize my nose wheel was cocked to the left. I released the brakes and simultaneously looked to the left to clear my left wing. I did not realize just how close I was to the flight line. I rolled about one foot and my wingtip touched the radome of a parked small transport. Damage to small transport was minor, an 'left' shaped depression (one inch on each side) in the fiberglass radome. The 'wingtip cap' on my small aircraft sustained cracks, the navigation lights were untouched. I saw and heard the aircraft touch at the same time and stopped immediately. There was very little force or motion at time of impact. As a pilot, I make it a point never to 'be in a hurry'. My first instructor told me 'if you're in a hurry, drive!' I have taken that advice literally. On this day, I was particularly pressured. I am an FAA airport certified safety inspector. I was told 2 days before the incident that I had won a promotion to flight standards inspector. My airports' division manager let it be known that I would be required to finish my airport inspections duties before I would be allowed to accept the new job. There was a fuel leak in the plane when I did the preflight. It took 1 hour to repair. I was behind schedule and had 2 airports to visit that day. I felt an enormous amount of pressure to complete the mission. It overrode my good judgement.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TAXIING SMA COLLIDES WITH PARKED SMT.

Narrative: I WAS TAXIING OUT FROM PARKING ON A RAMP AREA. PATH TO ACTIVE TXWY WAS ALONG SIDE A LINE OF PARKED ACFT. I WAS ASKED TO HOLD MY POS BY GND CTL. I DID SO. MY LEFT WING WAS CLOSE TO THE FLT LINE. WHEN CTLR CLRED ME ONCE AGAIN TO CONTINUE TAXI, I DID NOT REALIZE MY NOSE WHEEL WAS COCKED TO THE LEFT. I RELEASED THE BRAKES AND SIMULTANEOUSLY LOOKED TO THE LEFT TO CLR MY LEFT WING. I DID NOT REALIZE JUST HOW cLOSE I WAS TO THE FLT LINE. I ROLLED ABOUT ONE FOOT AND MY WINGTIP TOUCHED THE RADOME OF A PARKED SMT. DAMAGE TO SMT WAS MINOR, AN 'L' SHAPED DEPRESSION (ONE INCH ON EACH SIDE) IN THE FIBERGLASS RADOME. THE 'WINGTiP CAP' ON MY SMA SUSTAINED CRACKS, THE NAV LIGHTS WERE UNTOUCHED. I SAW AND HEARD THE ACFT TOUCH AT THE SAME TIME AND STOPPED IMMEDIATELY. THERE WAS VERY LITTLE FORCE OR MOTION AT TIME OF IMPACT. AS A PLT, I MAKE IT A POINT NEVER TO 'BE IN A HURRY'. MY FIRST INSTRUCTOR TOLD ME 'IF YOU'RE IN A HURRY, DRIVE!' I HAVE TAKEN THAT ADVICE LITERALLY. ON THIS DAY, I WAS PARTICULARLY PRESSURED. I AM AN FAA ARPT CERTIFIED SAFETY INSPECTOR. I WAS TOLD 2 DAYS BEFORE THE INCIDENT THAT I HAD WON A PROMOTION TO FLT STANDARDS INSPECTOR. MY ARPTS' DIVISION MGR LET IT BE KNOWN THAT I WOULD BE REQUIRED TO FINISH MY ARPT INSPECTIONS DUTIES BEFORE I WOULD BE ALLOWED TO ACCEPT THE NEW JOB. THERE WAS A FUEL LEAK IN THE PLANE WHEN I DID THE PREFLT. IT TOOK 1 HOUR TO REPAIR. I WAS BEHIND SCHEDULE AND HAD 2 ARPTS TO VISIT THAT DAY. I FELT AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF PRESSURE TO COMPLETE THE MISSION. IT OVERRODE MY GOOD JUDGEMENT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.