<< >> NASA ASRS Report 194892, November 1991

Flight crew of widebody transport 2 man aircraft hit wing tip against parked large transport 2 man aircraft on taxiway at lga.

Attributes
ACN	194892
Time
Date	199111
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lga
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground : holding ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 225 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 5390
ASRS Report	194892
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 185 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 160
ASRS Report	195076
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 0 vertical : 0
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Taxi out lga. Taxi from gate concourse via taxiway west, left on outer to taxiway F to hold short of runway 22 on F (for takeoff runway 13). Right wing tip of our aircraft came in contact with left tip of flight XXX lga-mia horizontal stabilizer. Flight XXX holding short of runway 22 on G taxiway. Appeared to have right wing tip clearance by both myself and my first officer. XXX instructions were to hold short of runway 22 on G, however held approximately 100 ft short of runway 22 hold line, with nose gear stopped on centerline of right on G. Contributing factors: narrow taxiways, congestion at airport, night time, holding 100 ft short of runway 22 hold line on G. No lights on tail of XXXX, unable for our first officer to see our wing tip, optical illusion gave appearance of more room than in reality. Our aircraft taxied 15 ft to left outer taxiway centerline to try to assure wing tip clearance.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF WDB 2 MAN ACFT HIT WING TIP AGAINST PARKED LGT 2 MAN ACFT ON TAXIWAY AT LGA.

Narrative: TAXI OUT LGA. TAXI FROM GATE CONCOURSE VIA TAXIWAY W, L ON OUTER TO TAXIWAY F TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 22 ON F (FOR TKOF RWY 13). R WING TIP OF OUR ACFT CAME IN CONTACT WITH L TIP OF FLT XXX LGA-MIA HORIZ STABILIZER. FLT XXX HOLDING SHORT OF RWY 22 ON G TAXIWAY. APPEARED TO HAVE R WING TIP CLRNC BY BOTH MYSELF AND MY FO. XXX INSTRUCTIONS WERE TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 22 ON G, HOWEVER HELD APPROX 100 FT SHORT OF RWY 22 HOLD LINE, WITH NOSE GEAR STOPPED ON CENTERLINE OF R ON G. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: NARROW TAXIWAYS, CONGESTION AT ARPT, NIGHT TIME, HOLDING 100 FT SHORT OF RWY 22 HOLD LINE ON G. NO LIGHTS ON TAIL OF XXXX, UNABLE FOR OUR FO TO SEE OUR WING TIP, OPTICAL ILLUSION GAVE APPEARANCE OF MORE ROOM THAN IN REALITY. OUR ACFT TAXIED 15 FT TO L OUTER TAXIWAY CENTERLINE TO TRY TO ASSURE WING TIP CLRNC.

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.