Aircraft taxi out strikes post.

Attributes
ACN	287827
Time
Date	199411
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : fat
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 12 flight time total : 430 flight time type : 40
ASRS Report	287827
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical 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:

I was taxiing from FBO after obtaining permission from ground control. Ground control told me to proceed to an intersection I was not familiar with. I was looking out the left side of the cockpit and noticed an md-80 on a nearby taxiway. I was taxiing no faster than a man could walk and as I proceeded to stop the aircraft to call ground control for progressive taxi instructions, my right wingtip clipped a signpost. I stopped the aircraft to a dead stop. Shut everything down after I advised ground control I had a problem. I then got outside the aircraft, pushed it away from the signpost and taxied back to the parking space. This time I came in from a different direction than I want out. Factors contributing to accident: position of helicopters. Fresno air terminal usually uses runway 29L for private operations. This day runway 11R was being used. Unfamiliarity with intersection directed to: attention fixed on other aircraft rather than both sides of my aircraft. Although I had flown scores of times out of fat, I hadn't flown out of it in several months. Area that I taxied in not marked on blocked off as being off limits to aircraft. I was not in a hurry. I was not tired. My frame of mind was good. I was planning to go to the practice area and do a series of proficiency exercises prior to this operation I had flown recently. I fly several hours each month.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACFT TAXI OUT STRIKES POST.

Narrative: I WAS TAXIING FROM FBO AFTER OBTAINING PERMISSION FROM GND CTL. GND CTL TOLD ME TO PROCEED TO AN INTXN I WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH. I WAS LOOKING OUT THE L SIDE OF THE COCKPIT AND NOTICED AN MD-80 ON A NEARBY TXWY. I WAS TAXIING NO FASTER THAN A MAN COULD WALK AND AS I PROCEEDED TO STOP THE ACFT TO CALL GND CTL FOR PROGRESSIVE TAXI INSTRUCTIONS, MY R WINGTIP CLIPPED A SIGNPOST. I STOPPED THE ACFT TO A DEAD STOP. SHUT EVERYTHING DOWN AFTER I ADVISED GND CTL I HAD A PROB. I THEN GOT OUTSIDE THE ACFT, PUSHED IT AWAY FROM THE SIGNPOST AND TAXIED BACK TO THE PARKING SPACE. THIS TIME I CAME IN FROM A DIFFERENT DIRECTION THAN I WANT OUT. FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO ACCIDENT: POS OF HELIS. FRESNO AIR TERMINAL USUALLY USES RWY 29L FOR PVT OPS. THIS DAY RWY 11R WAS BEING USED. UNFAMILIARITY WITH INTXN DIRECTED TO: ATTN FIXED ON OTHER ACFT RATHER THAN BOTH SIDES OF MY ACFT. ALTHOUGH I HAD FLOWN SCORES OF TIMES OUT OF FAT, I HADN'T FLOWN OUT OF IT IN SEVERAL MONTHS. AREA THAT I TAXIED IN NOT MARKED ON BLOCKED OFF AS BEING OFF LIMITS TO ACFT. I WAS NOT IN A HURRY. I WAS NOT TIRED. MY FRAME OF MIND WAS GOOD. I WAS PLANNING TO GO TO THE PRACTICE AREA AND DO A SERIES OF PROFICIENCY EXERCISES PRIOR TO THIS OP I HAD FLOWN RECENTLY. I FLY SEVERAL HRS EACH MONTH.

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.