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Aircraft parking space allocation -- 2 aircraft from the same air carrier touch wings as they attempt to leave a crowded ramp.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 305031 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199505 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : iad |
| State Reference | VA |
| 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 | King Air C90 E90 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | King Air C90 E90 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 4000 |
| ASRS Report | 305031 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 3200 flight time type : 1600 |
| ASRS Report | 305034 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 0 vertical : 0 |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
In our aircraft 'Y' we were parked in the front row at our gate. We had an aircraft on both sides of us. The aircraft to our left was about 5 ft behind us and was cleared to taxi first. They started to taxi and stopped when they realized they would hit our left wing. We were now cleared to taxi, to get out of their way. Our nosewheel was cocked very sharply to the left and as soon as we moved our aircraft pivoted and hit the aircraft to our left whose wing was very close to ours. We had 2 wing walkers on the left side who didn't advise us properly. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter was flying a bae jetstream 32 and was trying to maneuver out of his parking area. The marshaller for his aircraft was blamed for the incident by the company. There has been no FAA contact to this date.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACFT PARKING SPACE ALLOCATION -- 2 ACFT FROM THE SAME ACR TOUCH WINGS AS THEY ATTEMPT TO LEAVE A CROWDED RAMP.
Narrative: IN OUR ACFT 'Y' WE WERE PARKED IN THE FRONT ROW AT OUR GATE. WE HAD AN ACFT ON BOTH SIDES OF US. THE ACFT TO OUR L WAS ABOUT 5 FT BEHIND US AND WAS CLRED TO TAXI FIRST. THEY STARTED TO TAXI AND STOPPED WHEN THEY REALIZED THEY WOULD HIT OUR L WING. WE WERE NOW CLRED TO TAXI, TO GET OUT OF THEIR WAY. OUR NOSEWHEEL WAS COCKED VERY SHARPLY TO THE L AND AS SOON AS WE MOVED OUR ACFT PIVOTED AND HIT THE ACFT TO OUR L WHOSE WING WAS VERY CLOSE TO OURS. WE HAD 2 WING WALKERS ON THE L SIDE WHO DIDN'T ADVISE US PROPERLY. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR WAS FLYING A BAE JETSTREAM 32 AND WAS TRYING TO MANEUVER OUT OF HIS PARKING AREA. THE MARSHALLER FOR HIS ACFT WAS BLAMED FOR THE INCIDENT BY THE COMPANY. THERE HAS BEEN NO FAA CONTACT TO THIS DATE.
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.