ATTEMPTING TO TAXI OUT OF A CONFINED LOCATION WITHOUT BENEFIT OF GUIDANCE; BN2P PLT STRIKES PARKED GLF5.

Date: 2004-04 · Aircraft: BN-2A Islander/Defender · Phase: taxi

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|ground-event-encounter-other-unknown

Synopsis

ATTEMPTING TO TAXI OUT OF A CONFINED LOCATION WITHOUT BENEFIT OF GUIDANCE; BN2P PLT STRIKES PARKED GLF5.

Narrative

WHEN I WAS PREFLTING THE BN-2 ACFT; THE DETERMINATION WAS MADE BY MYSELF THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS IN A POS THAT COULD BE TAXIED OUT WITHOUT STRIKING ADJACENT ACFT. AS I TAXIED THE ACFT OUT; THE AIRPLANE APPEARED TO HAVE CLRED BOTH ACFT WITHOUT ANY CONTACT. IT WASN'T TILL LATER ON; WITH THE AIRPLANE REPOSITIONED ON THE RAMP; THAT LINE PERSONNEL AND MYSELF REALIZED THAT THE AIRPLANE MIGHT HAVE CLIPPED THE GV. THE DAMAGE TO THE GV WAS A 12-14 INCH SCRATCH AND MINOR DENT ON THE R SIDE FUSELAGE UNDER THE CO-PLT'S WINDOW. THE BN-2 SUSTAINED JUST A BROKEN NAV LIGHT RED PLASTIC COVER. FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THIS OCCURRENCE WERE THE FBO'S DELAYS IN REPOSITIONING THE BN-2 TO A MORE OPEN SPACE ON THE RAMP; EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE INSTRUCTED TO DO SO 45 MINS PRIOR TO THE OCCURRENCE BY COMPANY PERSONNEL. IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS; HOWEVER; THE SIT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED BY THE PIC SIMPLY REFUSING TO TAXI OUT OF A TIGHT SPOT AND WAITING TILL FBO EMPLOYEES REPOSITIONED THE ACFT. TO PREVENT THIS FROM OCCURRING AGAIN; IT SHOULD BECOME COMPANY POLICY TO ONLY ALLOW REPOS OF THE ACFT BY WAY OF TAXIING IN OPEN RAMP SPACES.

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