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Pilot of an small aircraft sel cessna taxied past a parked F27 aircraft so close that his wing went under the wing of the F27.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 465442 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200003 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ewn.airport |
| State Reference | NC |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Cessna Single Piston Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | F27 (Fokker BV) |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 17 flight time total : 3214 flight time type : 2231 |
| ASRS Report | 465442 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 0 vertical : 2 |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Taxiing back to my hangar after a night flight, I saw a parked airplane (I'm told that it was a fokker F27) ahead and to my left. The fokker's beacon and navigation lights were illuminated. The engines were not running. As I approached the area of the parked airplane, someone (possibly an airline employee, since the airplane has airline markings) ran out in front of my taxiing airplane and signaled me (with his hands) to do something (what, I don't know). Since, in my judgement, there was an abundance of clearance between my airplane and the fokker, I continued to taxi to my hangar without incident. As I pulled up in front of my hangar, someone, (possibly the fokker's pilot, he didn't identify himself or his call sign) called me on the radio and claimed that I had taxied too close to the fokker and that my wingtip passed under his wing. I can't say if my wingtip did, in fact, pass under his, but I could clearly see that more than adequate separation existed. Whoever I was talking to on the radio disagreed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF AN SMA SEL CESSNA TAXIED PAST A PARKED F27 ACFT SO CLOSE THAT HIS WING WENT UNDER THE WING OF THE F27.
Narrative: TAXIING BACK TO MY HANGAR AFTER A NIGHT FLT, I SAW A PARKED AIRPLANE (I'M TOLD THAT IT WAS A FOKKER F27) AHEAD AND TO MY L. THE FOKKER'S BEACON AND NAV LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE ENGS WERE NOT RUNNING. AS I APCHED THE AREA OF THE PARKED AIRPLANE, SOMEONE (POSSIBLY AN AIRLINE EMPLOYEE, SINCE THE AIRPLANE HAS AIRLINE MARKINGS) RAN OUT IN FRONT OF MY TAXIING AIRPLANE AND SIGNALED ME (WITH HIS HANDS) TO DO SOMETHING (WHAT, I DON'T KNOW). SINCE, IN MY JUDGEMENT, THERE WAS AN ABUNDANCE OF CLRNC BTWN MY AIRPLANE AND THE FOKKER, I CONTINUED TO TAXI TO MY HANGAR WITHOUT INCIDENT. AS I PULLED UP IN FRONT OF MY HANGAR, SOMEONE, (POSSIBLY THE FOKKER'S PLT, HE DIDN'T IDENT HIMSELF OR HIS CALL SIGN) CALLED ME ON THE RADIO AND CLAIMED THAT I HAD TAXIED TOO CLOSE TO THE FOKKER AND THAT MY WINGTIP PASSED UNDER HIS WING. I CAN'T SAY IF MY WINGTIP DID, IN FACT, PASS UNDER HIS, BUT I COULD CLRLY SEE THAT MORE THAN ADEQUATE SEPARATION EXISTED. WHOEVER I WAS TALKING TO ON THE RADIO DISAGREED.
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.