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Two air carrier medium large transport type holding for takeoff clearance. One cleared into position attempted to taxi from hold position and wing tip collided with other aircraft wing tip. Damage to aircraft moving. Slight damage to aircraft in ground hold position.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 111732 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198905 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dca |
| State Reference | DC |
| 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 Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : holding |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 16000 flight time type : 7000 |
| ASRS Report | 111732 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 0 vertical : 0 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
We were parked in #1 position in the block at dca for runway 36 with brakes set. Another aircraft pulled up on our left side and stopped. Tower held us and cleared other aircraft onto runway 36/ as other aircraft taxied by his right wingtip, contacted our left wingtip. Rear wingtip light and left landing light was broken on our aircraft. Lights were changed and aircraft was back in service. Other aircraft had to have lights and wingtip replaced. Other aircraft simply parked too close to us and did not have proper wing clearance to taxi by. Both aircraft were swept wing type and wingtips are not visible from cockpit. Error in judgement by other pilot.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: TWO AIR CARRIER MLG TYPE HOLDING FOR TKOF CLRNC. ONE CLEARED INTO POSITION ATTEMPTED TO TAXI FROM HOLD POSITION AND WING TIP COLLIDED WITH OTHER ACFT WING TIP. DAMAGE TO ACFT MOVING. SLIGHT DAMAGE TO ACFT IN GND HOLD POSITION.
Narrative: WE WERE PARKED IN #1 POSITION IN THE BLOCK AT DCA FOR RWY 36 WITH BRAKES SET. ANOTHER ACFT PULLED UP ON OUR LEFT SIDE AND STOPPED. TWR HELD US AND CLRED OTHER ACFT ONTO RWY 36/ AS OTHER ACFT TAXIED BY HIS RIGHT WINGTIP, CONTACTED OUR LEFT WINGTIP. REAR WINGTIP LIGHT AND LEFT LNDG LIGHT WAS BROKEN ON OUR ACFT. LIGHTS WERE CHANGED AND ACFT WAS BACK IN SERVICE. OTHER ACFT HAD TO HAVE LIGHTS AND WINGTIP REPLACED. OTHER ACFT SIMPLY PARKED TOO CLOSE TO US AND DID NOT HAVE PROPER WING CLRNC TO TAXI BY. BOTH ACFT WERE SWEPT WING TYPE AND WINGTIPS ARE NOT VISIBLE FROM COCKPIT. ERROR IN JUDGEMENT BY OTHER PLT.
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.