PLT HITS SPINNER OF PARKED ACFT WITH WING TIP WHILE WATCHING CLRNC OF OTHER WING.

Date: 1991-09 · Aircraft: Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer

Anomalies: conflict-ground-conflict|critical|other-unspecified

Synopsis

PLT HITS SPINNER OF PARKED ACFT WITH WING TIP WHILE WATCHING CLRNC OF OTHER WING.

Narrative

THIS IS NOT A RPTABLE ACCIDENT. THIS IS AN INCIDENT AND IS UNREPORTABLE. AVIATION GROUP LEGAL DEPT ADVISED ME TO FILE THIS NASA RPT. THIS PLT HAD A TAXIING INCIDENT AFTER TURNING ONTO A SINGLE LANE TAXIWAY. OTHER ACFT STARTED TO ENTER TAXIWAY ON OPPOSITE END OF TAXIWAY HDG IN MY DIRECTION. OTHER PLT REALIZED I WAS ON TAXIWAY FIRST AND YIELDED TO ME VERBALLY ON UNICOM. OTHER PLT STARTED A 180 DEG TURN TO THE R WHILE PULLING OFF THE TAXIWAY. I REALIZED I HAD TO CONTINUE TAXIING SLOWLY. AT THIS POINT; I BEGAN TO FOCUS MY ATTN OFF MY L WING WHILE PASSING BY OTHER ACFT WHO HAD NOT COMPLETED HIS 180 DEG TURN AROUND. JUST AS I PASSED THIS ACFT SAFELY; MY R WING TIP TAPPED THE SPINNER OF A PARKED AND UNATTENDED ACFT OFF MY R WING. I CONTACTED LEGAL DEPT AND OWNER OF PARKED PLANE IMMEDIATELY. ALSO REQUESTED INDIVIDUAL IN OPS AT ARPT TO PLACE NOTE ON AIRPLANE AS INOPERABLE. DAMAGES: MY PLANE SCRAPED WING TIP. OTHER PLANE DENTED SPINNER. IN FUTURE; THIS PLT WILL FOCUS HIS ATTN EQUALLY ON BOTH WING TIPS WHILE TAXIING.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.