While being parked by ground signalman, mdt aircraft was too close to another mdt. Touched wings but...

Attributes
ACN	111095
Time
Date	198905
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : clt
State Reference	NC
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Transport, High Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 4300
ASRS Report	111095
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground less severe other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Ground crew marshalled my aircraft between 2 others. Following instructions, I came too close to another similar aircraft. Ground crew signalled right turn, but I was too close to aircraft on left to feel comfortable. I stopped and shut down and discovered my left wing was under and scraping aircraft on left. Passenger remained on board to utilize their weight to hold wing down while the other aircraft was towed out of the way. Neither aircraft was damaged and both were immediately released by maintenance personnel to continue in service. The parking area in clt is not sufficiently large enough for the operations being conducted there.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: WHILE BEING PARKED BY GND SIGNALMAN, MDT ACFT WAS TOO CLOSE TO ANOTHER MDT. TOUCHED WINGS BUT NO DAMAGE.

Narrative: GND CREW MARSHALLED MY ACFT BTWN 2 OTHERS. FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS, I CAME TOO CLOSE TO ANOTHER SIMILAR ACFT. GND CREW SIGNALLED RIGHT TURN, BUT I WAS TOO CLOSE TO ACFT ON LEFT TO FEEL COMFORTABLE. I STOPPED AND SHUT DOWN AND DISCOVERED MY LEFT WING WAS UNDER AND SCRAPING ACFT ON LEFT. PAX REMAINED ON BOARD TO UTILIZE THEIR WT TO HOLD WING DOWN WHILE THE OTHER ACFT WAS TOWED OUT OF THE WAY. NEITHER ACFT WAS DAMAGED AND BOTH WERE IMMEDIATELY RELEASED BY MAINT PERSONNEL TO CONTINUE IN SVC. THE PARKING AREA IN CLT IS NOT SUFFICIENTLY LARGE ENOUGH FOR THE OPS BEING CONDUCTED THERE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 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.

While being parked by ground signalman, mdt aircraft was too close to another mdt. Touched wings but no damage.