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