Aircraft wing tip damaged in ramp operation aircraft parking procedure.

Attributes
ACN	202124
Time
Date	199202
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ewr
State Reference	NJ
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	Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Flight Phase	ground : parked ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 3700 flight time type : 210
ASRS Report	202124
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 2300 flight time type : 500
ASRS Report	202112
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical non adherence other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation
Situations
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

While positioning company aircraft to park at the newark airport, the left wing tip made contact with right wing of other company aircraft. This mishap occurred due to the congestion on the ramp of the gate area. There are no parking lines for commuter aircraft at the gate area and no authorized marshallers available to our company. Because of these 2 factors, there is inconsistent positions of parked commuter aircraft at the gate. In my opinion, this mishap could have been avoided if painted lines were available for positioning parked aircraft. It would also be a safer operation with available authorized marshallers. This would standardize parking commuter aircraft and assure proper clearance between aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACFT WING TIP DAMAGED IN RAMP OP ACFT PARKING PROC.

Narrative: WHILE POSITIONING COMPANY ACFT TO PARK AT THE NEWARK ARPT, THE L WING TIP MADE CONTACT WITH R WING OF OTHER COMPANY ACFT. THIS MISHAP OCCURRED DUE TO THE CONGESTION ON THE RAMP OF THE GATE AREA. THERE ARE NO PARKING LINES FOR COMMUTER ACFT AT THE GATE AREA AND NO AUTHORIZED MARSHALLERS AVAILABLE TO OUR COMPANY. BECAUSE OF THESE 2 FACTORS, THERE IS INCONSISTENT POSITIONS OF PARKED COMMUTER ACFT AT THE GATE. IN MY OPINION, THIS MISHAP COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF PAINTED LINES WERE AVAILABLE FOR POSITIONING PARKED ACFT. IT WOULD ALSO BE A SAFER OP WITH AVAILABLE AUTHORIZED MARSHALLERS. THIS WOULD STANDARDIZE PARKING COMMUTER ACFT AND ASSURE PROPER CLRNC BTWN ACFT.

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.