Pilot of small aircraft taxiing struck parked tug.

Attributes
ACN	187119
Time
Date	199108
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : okc
State Reference	OK
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Retractable Gear
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 52 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 165
ASRS Report	187119
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	controller : ground
Qualification	controller : non radar
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation
Situations
Airport	other physical facility procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

Pilot taxiing into sun and haze struck tug abandoned by ground crew after starting executive jet.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT OF SMA TAXIING STRUCK PARKED TUG.

Narrative: PLT TAXIING INTO SUN AND HAZE STRUCK TUG ABANDONED BY GND CREW AFTER STARTING EXECUTIVE JET.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.