Taxiing traffic hits rudder of parked aircraft. Aircraft damaged.

Attributes
ACN	214324
Time
Date	199207
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : o22
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 18 flight time total : 2965 flight time type : 1400
ASRS Report	214324
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
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

Narrative:

When I began to taxi to takeoff I made a left turn (westerly) from my tie down space onto the transient parking area taxi line. My right wing tip struck the rudder control surface of an small aircraft parked opposite and 15 ft west of my airplane's tie- down space on the north side of the taxiway. I had been parked headed in a northerly direction. The small aircraft had been parked and tied down but in reversed position with tail where nose should have been leaving the tail protruding about 4 ft into the taxiway. My aircraft was undamaged. The control surface of the rudder on the small aircraft was bent. Cause of the incident was the negligent and inappropriate parking of the small aircraft leaving the aircraft obstructing the taxiway. Had the small aircraft been a larger aircraft the intrusion into the taxiway would have been more apparent and drawn my attention.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TAXIING TFC HITS RUDDER OF PARKED ACFT. ACFT DAMAGED.

Narrative: WHEN I BEGAN TO TAXI TO TKOF I MADE A L TURN (WESTERLY) FROM MY TIE DOWN SPACE ONTO THE TRANSIENT PARKING AREA TAXI LINE. MY R WING TIP STRUCK THE RUDDER CTL SURFACE OF AN SMA PARKED OPPOSITE AND 15 FT W OF MY AIRPLANE'S TIE- DOWN SPACE ON THE N SIDE OF THE TAXIWAY. I HAD BEEN PARKED HEADED IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION. THE SMA HAD BEEN PARKED AND TIED DOWN BUT IN REVERSED POS WITH TAIL WHERE NOSE SHOULD HAVE BEEN LEAVING THE TAIL PROTRUDING ABOUT 4 FT INTO THE TAXIWAY. MY ACFT WAS UNDAMAGED. THE CTL SURFACE OF THE RUDDER ON THE SMA WAS BENT. CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT WAS THE NEGLIGENT AND INAPPROPRIATE PARKING OF THE SMA LEAVING THE ACFT OBSTRUCTING THE TAXIWAY. HAD THE SMA BEEN A LARGER ACFT THE INTRUSION INTO THE TAXIWAY WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE APPARENT AND DRAWN MY ATTN.

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.