2 SMAS HIT THEIR L WINGTIPS ON A NARROW TXWY. 1 ACFT SAW THE OTHER BUT DID NOT GIVE WAY. THE OTHER DIDN'T SEE THE ONCOMING ACFT. NEITHER ACFT WAS USING THE CTAF.

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WE DEPARTED NAPLES; FL; AT XC00 FOR A PLEASURE FLT TO VENICE AND LANDED AT VENICE AT XC45 ON RWY 4. I EXITED ONTO THE TAXI STRIP AS INDICATED ON THE ATTACHED SKETCH A1. AT THAT TIME; I NOTICED THE SWIFT AT POS S1. WE PROCEEDED TO TAXI AND ASSUMED THE SWIFT WOULD TAXI CLR AND HOLD AT POS S2. THIS IS THE NORMAL PROC AT VENICE FOR ONCOMING TFC. THAT IS; THE FIRST ACFT TO REACH THE CLOSED RWY GIVES ONCOMING TFC ACCESS TO THE TXWY. THE SWIFT PASSED THE S2 POINT WITHOUT PULLING OFF. AT THIS POINT; I BECAME WORRIED THAT HE DID NOT SEE THE AZTEC. A SECOND LATER; I WAS SURE HE DID NOT SEE US AND FIREWALLED BOTH ENGS AND SHOVED FULL R RUDDER TO CLR. UNFORTUNATELY OUR L WINGTIPS MET. THE SWIFT STOPPED AT POINT S4 ON THE TXWY AND THE AZTEC ON THE GRASS A3. AT NO POINT DID THE SWIFT ATTEMPT EVASIVE ACTION. AFTER DEPLANING BOTH ACFT; THE SWIFT PLT SAID IN FRONT OF 3 WITNESSES THAT HE HAD NEVER SEEN THE AZTEC AND WAS FIRST AWARE OF ITS PRESENCE WHEN HE HEARD THE ENGS GOING TO FULL PWR. HE ALSO STATED THAT IT WAS HIS FAULT FOR NOT OBSERVING THE AZTEC AND THANKED ME FOR ATTEMPTING TO PULL CLR. INCIDENT AVOIDABLE HAD SWIFT PLT USED DILIGENCE IN LOOKING FORWARD. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: BOTH PLTS OF THIS MISHAP WERE CONTACTED BY PHONE. THE PLT FLYING THE AZTEC IS A DESIGNATED FAA EXAMINER. THE SWIFT PLT BELIEVES THAT THE FAA GAVE BOTH PLTS A 'WARNING LETTER' SO THAT THE FAA WOULD NOT HAVE TO GO AFTER THE AZTEC PLT'S CERTIFICATES. EACH PLT SAID THAT THEIR INSURANCE COMPANY IS GOING AFTER THE OTHER INSURANCE COMPANY; OF COURSE. THE SWIFT PLT'S INSURANCE ADJUSTER SAID THAT THE AZTEC PLT WAS COMPLETED TO BLAME AS HE SAW THE SWIFT COMING BUT DID NOTHING TILL THE LAST MIN TO AVOID HIM. THERE ARE NO SIGNS REGARDING THE RIGHT-OF-WAY ON THE VERY NARROW TXWY. THE SWIFT PLT DID NOT HEAR ON CTAF ANY XMISSIONS FROM THE AZTEC; EITHER IN THE AIR OR ON THE GND. THE AZTEC PLT WAS ABLE TO FLY OUT THE NEXT DAY WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO THE WINGTIP. THE SWIFT IS STILL BEING WORKED ON WITH MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE L WING. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 301359: I TAXIED TO THE CLOSED RWY INTXN; S-TURNING THE AIRPLANE ALL THE WAY TO THAT POINT WHERE I LOOKED DOWN THE NEXT SECTION OF TXWY. I SAW NO TFC OR I WOULD HAVE TAXIED OFF ONTO THE CLOSED RWY AND WAITED. I HAD GONE ABOUT 2/3 OF THE WAY DOWN THAT TXWY; S-TURNING ALL THE WAY DOWN WHEN I HEARD AN ENG(S) COME UP TO FULL PWR. AS I S-TURNED TO THE R; I SEE THIS TWIN ENG AIRPLANE GOING OFF THE TXWY. I TRIED TO AVOID THE ACCIDENT IMMEDIATELY BY TURNING TO THE R EVEN MORE SO; BUT IT WAS TOO LATE. OUR WINGTIPS HAD COLLIDED. HE STOPPED HIS AIRPLANE IN THE GRASS. I THEN HEADED OFF THE TXWY ONTO THE GRASS BESIDE HIM AND SHUT DOWN MY ENG. WHEN THE PLT OF THE AZTEC AND I STARTED TALKING; HIS COMMENTS WERE 'I SAW YOU COMING DOWN THE TXWY; DIDN'T YOU SEE ME?' THE ADJUSTER SAID HE WENT TO THE SITE WHERE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AND THERE WERE 2 MEN FROM THE FAA THERE. THEY ALL AGREED THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED S OF THE CLOSED RWY ON THE NARROW TXWY JUST LIKE I HAD SAID IT DID. THE OTHER PLT SAID IT HAPPENED N OF THE CLOSED RWY ON THE WIDE TXWY. HE ALSO SAID THE AZTEC PLT NEVER SHOULD HAVE TRIED TO GET ON MY TXWY UNTIL I HAD CLRED THE PARALLEL TXWY FOR RWY 4.