Narrative:

During preflight for an early morning flight while conducting the cockpit inspection I extended the flaps into the nose cone of an aircraft that was parked in the hangar behind ours. My first officer who was conducting an inspection of the cabin, noticed the flaps extending into the nose cone. He shouted to me to retract the flaps and I immediately retracted them. We made a visual inspection of both our aircraft and the other aircraft and noticed some small paint chips on the other airplane. Our aircraft exhibited no damage whatsoever. With no damage other than minor cosmetic damage I felt it was not necessary to contact maintenance or dispatch. We proceeded with our scheduled flts. I believe this incident occurred because the airplane was parked in a poorly lit and crowded hangar. I feel future occurrences can be avoided by first making a walkaround to ensure that there are not any obstacles that could be contacted by the flight controls. Also, I should have had the airplane inspected by a mechanic for any internal damage before dispatching for flight. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the BE02 had no internal flap damage and the aztec only had superficial paint chipping on the radome. The chief pilot and captain discussed the flight crew's failure to have the BE02 (D model) inspected by maintenance, but there was no other follow-up. Aircraft are not stacked so tightly in the hangar anymore. Supplemental information from acn 328181: we had our airplane removed from the hangar and cycled the flaps. Greater care should have been used in that we were in a dark and crowded hangar.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DURING FIRST FLT OF THE DAY CHKS, THE CAPT LOWERED THE FLAPS OF A BE02 INTO THE NOSE OF AN AZTEC. THE ACFT HAD BEEN TIGHTLY PARKED IN A HANGAR OVERNIGHT, AND THE AZTEC RECEIVED MINOR RADAR DOME DAMAGE FROM THE BE02'S FLAPS. WHILE PREPARING THE CABIN, THE FO HAD RECOGNIZED A FLAP CONTACTING THE OTHER ACFT. OTHER ACFT DAMAGED.

Narrative: DURING PREFLT FOR AN EARLY MORNING FLT WHILE CONDUCTING THE COCKPIT INSPECTION I EXTENDED THE FLAPS INTO THE NOSE CONE OF AN ACFT THAT WAS PARKED IN THE HANGAR BEHIND OURS. MY FO WHO WAS CONDUCTING AN INSPECTION OF THE CABIN, NOTICED THE FLAPS EXTENDING INTO THE NOSE CONE. HE SHOUTED TO ME TO RETRACT THE FLAPS AND I IMMEDIATELY RETRACTED THEM. WE MADE A VISUAL INSPECTION OF BOTH OUR ACFT AND THE OTHER ACFT AND NOTICED SOME SMALL PAINT CHIPS ON THE OTHER AIRPLANE. OUR ACFT EXHIBITED NO DAMAGE WHATSOEVER. WITH NO DAMAGE OTHER THAN MINOR COSMETIC DAMAGE I FELT IT WAS NOT NECESSARY TO CONTACT MAINT OR DISPATCH. WE PROCEEDED WITH OUR SCHEDULED FLTS. I BELIEVE THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED BECAUSE THE AIRPLANE WAS PARKED IN A POORLY LIT AND CROWDED HANGAR. I FEEL FUTURE OCCURRENCES CAN BE AVOIDED BY FIRST MAKING A WALKAROUND TO ENSURE THAT THERE ARE NOT ANY OBSTACLES THAT COULD BE CONTACTED BY THE FLT CTLS. ALSO, I SHOULD HAVE HAD THE AIRPLANE INSPECTED BY A MECH FOR ANY INTERNAL DAMAGE BEFORE DISPATCHING FOR FLT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE BE02 HAD NO INTERNAL FLAP DAMAGE AND THE AZTEC ONLY HAD SUPERFICIAL PAINT CHIPPING ON THE RADOME. THE CHIEF PLT AND CAPT DISCUSSED THE FLC'S FAILURE TO HAVE THE BE02 (D MODEL) INSPECTED BY MAINT, BUT THERE WAS NO OTHER FOLLOW-UP. ACFT ARE NOT STACKED SO TIGHTLY IN THE HANGAR ANYMORE. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 328181: WE HAD OUR AIRPLANE REMOVED FROM THE HANGAR AND CYCLED THE FLAPS. GREATER CARE SHOULD HAVE BEEN USED IN THAT WE WERE IN A DARK AND CROWDED HANGAR.

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.