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Flight crew of a BA31 struck the wingtip of another company aircraft while taxiing into parking causing only minor damage.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 335795 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199605 |
| Day | Mon |
| 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 | Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| 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 : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 5300 flight time type : 2000 |
| ASRS Report | 335795 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 0 vertical : 0 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Aircraft #1, while parked on the ramp, was struck in the left wingtip by aircraft #2's right wingtip. Contributing factors to this incident include: 1) poor parking on congested ramp at night. 2) training of ramp personnel. 3) fatigue of flight crew and ramp personnel.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A BA31 STRUCK THE WINGTIP OF ANOTHER COMPANY ACFT WHILE TAXIING INTO PARKING CAUSING ONLY MINOR DAMAGE.
Narrative: ACFT #1, WHILE PARKED ON THE RAMP, WAS STRUCK IN THE L WINGTIP BY ACFT #2'S R WINGTIP. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO THIS INCIDENT INCLUDE: 1) POOR PARKING ON CONGESTED RAMP AT NIGHT. 2) TRAINING OF RAMP PERSONNEL. 3) FATIGUE OF FLC AND RAMP PERSONNEL.
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.