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Pilot of a pilatus britten-norman, BN2A islander defender hit a perimeter fence during parking with the left wingtip causing no damage to the fence and only minor to the underside of the wingtip. Pilot became distracted by another aircraft parking ahead of him!
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 356446 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199612 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : hog |
| State Reference | HI |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | BN-2A Islander/Defender |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 11500 flight time type : 3500 |
| ASRS Report | 356446 |
| 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:
While turning into parking spot, I was distracted by another dissimilar aircraft that was also parking ahead of me. Consequently drifted left and left wingtip contacted perimeter fence at speed estimated about 2 mph. No damage to fence but underside of left wingtip was dented so had a&P effect repairs before further flight. Distraction caused the incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF A PILATUS BRITTEN-NORMAN, BN2A ISLANDER DEFENDER HIT A PERIMETER FENCE DURING PARKING WITH THE L WINGTIP CAUSING NO DAMAGE TO THE FENCE AND ONLY MINOR TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE WINGTIP. PLT BECAME DISTRACTED BY ANOTHER ACFT PARKING AHEAD OF HIM!
Narrative: WHILE TURNING INTO PARKING SPOT, I WAS DISTRACTED BY ANOTHER DISSIMILAR ACFT THAT WAS ALSO PARKING AHEAD OF ME. CONSEQUENTLY DRIFTED L AND L WINGTIP CONTACTED PERIMETER FENCE AT SPD ESTIMATED ABOUT 2 MPH. NO DAMAGE TO FENCE BUT UNDERSIDE OF L WINGTIP WAS DENTED SO HAD A&P EFFECT REPAIRS BEFORE FURTHER FLT. DISTR CAUSED THE INCIDENT.
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.