Commuter aircraft narrowly misses taxiing into parked aircraft.

Attributes
ACN	328344
Time
Date	199602
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : pdx
State Reference	OR
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	Marginal
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Light Transport
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 300 flight time total : 11200 flight time type : 5000
ASRS Report	328344
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground less severe non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : took evasive action
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 30 vertical : 0
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

While taxiing from taxiway A5 to gate Y we narrowly missed taxiing into another aircraft (beech 1900). Due to rain on windows, no wipers on side windows, and grey paint scheme on the parked aircraft we could not see it until past the point where turning would have been possible. The pole lights are located on the highway side of the ramp so inbound crews are looking into the lights. I feel that either the grey paint should be changed or some sort of reflective strips be applied. (This goes for grey ground equipment also.)

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: COMMUTER ACFT NARROWLY MISSES TAXIING INTO PARKED ACFT.

Narrative: WHILE TAXIING FROM TXWY A5 TO GATE Y WE NARROWLY MISSED TAXIING INTO ANOTHER ACFT (BEECH 1900). DUE TO RAIN ON WINDOWS, NO WIPERS ON SIDE WINDOWS, AND GREY PAINT SCHEME ON THE PARKED ACFT WE COULD NOT SEE IT UNTIL PAST THE POINT WHERE TURNING WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE. THE POLE LIGHTS ARE LOCATED ON THE HWY SIDE OF THE RAMP SO INBOUND CREWS ARE LOOKING INTO THE LIGHTS. I FEEL THAT EITHER THE GREY PAINT SHOULD BE CHANGED OR SOME SORT OF REFLECTIVE STRIPS BE APPLIED. (THIS GOES FOR GREY GND EQUIP ALSO.)

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.