<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1250834, March 2015

B737 captain reports a light civil aircraft passing his aircraft on the right with wing overlap (underlap) due to taxiway confines. Being equipped with the split winglets (scimitar); there was a real danger of the aircraft contacting the right lower winglet.

Attributes
ACN	1250834
Time
Date	201503
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural Clearance

Narrative:

While holding short of runway on taxiway 'C' a light civil aircraft passed our aircraft on the right side after being told by ground to go around our aircraft on the left side. We were holding on taxiway 'C' offset to the right of the centerline in case an aircraft had to clear the runway at 'C' due to numerous taxiway closures. The aircraft had to pass under part of our right wing and being equipped with the split winglets there was a real danger of the aircraft contacting our right winglet.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 Captain reports a light civil aircraft passing his aircraft on the right with wing overlap (underlap) due to taxiway confines. Being equipped with the split winglets (scimitar); there was a real danger of the aircraft contacting the right lower winglet.

Narrative: While holding short of Runway on taxiway 'C' a light civil aircraft passed our aircraft on the right side after being told by ground to go around our aircraft on the left side. We were holding on taxiway 'C' offset to the right of the centerline in case an aircraft had to clear the Runway at 'C' due to numerous taxiway closures. The aircraft had to pass under part of our right wing and being equipped with the split winglets there was a real danger of the aircraft contacting our right winglet.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.