Narrative:

I was pilot-in-command of a king air 350. We had just arrived from a foreign airport; cleared us customs; boarded our 6 passengers and were completing the engine start procedures. Upon arrival at the customs ramp; I had noticed 4 airplanes parked in various spots and encompassing most of the ramp space available for parking. One spot was open directly in front of and offset to the right of the customs building. I staged our airplane in that spot with approximately 35-45 ft from the closest point of the aircraft to the building. The airplane was staged pointing almost directly north.immediately after completing engine start I noticed a bizjet; aircraft Y; taxiing past the east side of our aircraft and disappear behind and to the right of my line of sight. Within a few seconds there was a sudden strong jolt on the rudder pedals and I saw my first officer's feet were kicked off the pedals. I turned to my left and watched the aircraft Y come around from behind our aircraft taxiing west northwest. At this point the right wingtip of the aircraft Y went over the top of our left wing and made contact with the winglet. Aircraft Y then parked facing in a west northwest position approximately 15-20 ft from our position. Several of our passengers asked if something had hit us.after the impact I shut down the engines; exited and walked behind our aircraft to inspect for damage. I noticed a crease on the trailing edge of the rudder trim tab. The crease is slightly indented inward and paint is chipped off at the point of contact. The point of contact was within the height of aircraft Y's wingtip. I also noticed damage in the form of a scrape mark on the right wingtip of aircraft Y. Damage to our winglet was limited to scratch marks on the top surface of the winglet. I noticed all marks on aircraft Y wing to be within 12 inches of the wingtip.at the time of the collision the right engine was running; the left engine almost started and our nav lights and beacon on. From my perspective lighting was not an issue and I had a clear field of vision directly in front of me.

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Title: A King Air 350; starting engines prior to departure; was struck by an inbound bizjet in a congested parking ramp.

Narrative: I was pilot-in-command of a King Air 350. We had just arrived from a foreign airport; cleared U.S. Customs; boarded our 6 passengers and were completing the engine start procedures. Upon arrival at the customs ramp; I had noticed 4 airplanes parked in various spots and encompassing most of the ramp space available for parking. One spot was open directly in front of and offset to the right of the customs building. I staged our airplane in that spot with approximately 35-45 FT from the closest point of the aircraft to the building. The airplane was staged pointing almost directly north.Immediately after completing engine start I noticed a bizjet; Aircraft Y; taxiing past the east side of our aircraft and disappear behind and to the right of my line of sight. Within a few seconds there was a sudden strong jolt on the rudder pedals and I saw my First Officer's feet were kicked off the pedals. I turned to my left and watched the Aircraft Y come around from behind our aircraft taxiing west northwest. At this point the right wingtip of the Aircraft Y went over the top of our left wing and made contact with the winglet. Aircraft Y then parked facing in a west northwest position approximately 15-20 FT from our position. Several of our passengers asked if something had hit us.After the impact I shut down the engines; exited and walked behind our aircraft to inspect for damage. I noticed a crease on the trailing edge of the rudder trim tab. The crease is slightly indented inward and paint is chipped off at the point of contact. The point of contact was within the height of Aircraft Y's wingtip. I also noticed damage in the form of a scrape mark on the right wingtip of Aircraft Y. Damage to our winglet was limited to scratch marks on the top surface of the winglet. I noticed all marks on Aircraft Y wing to be within 12 inches of the wingtip.At the time of the collision the right engine was running; the left engine almost started and our nav lights and beacon on. From my perspective lighting was not an issue and I had a clear field of vision directly in front of me.

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.