Narrative:

I turned into the taxiway between 2 rows of parked planes. No plane engines appeared on when I turned in to the taxiway. As I taxied up to a parking spot and began to turn; one of the parked planes on the passenger side started its engine and rolled into the taxiway. Its propeller sheared off my wingtip. I do not feel he should have started into the taxiway while I was taxiing. He felt that he had the right-of-way because he was on my right side. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter stated that the conflicting aircraft was not moving as she approached that aircraft's tie-down. Her chosen transient tie-down was at the left end of a row of aircraft while the other aircraft was in the last spot on the right of the opposing row. She was turning left into the spot when she saw something 'like feathers' flying in her right peripheral vision. That something was actually her fiberglas wingtip being shredded by other aircraft's propeller. The other pilot stated that he had the right-of-way because he was to her right but his aircraft's propeller struck the right rear of her wingtip and proceeded toward the fuselage indicating that he probably never saw the conflicting aircraft until after impact. If he had seen her then the act was intentional. The reporter stated that she did not see that other aircraft because she was looking left as she turned left into the tie-down. Her damaged aircraft was flown out the next day without wingtips and the FAA is not pressing any enforcement action.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A C172 PLT TAXIED BTWN 2 ROWS OF APPARENTLY STATIONARY ACFT AND HAD THE R WINGTIP SHEARED OFF BY THE PROPELLER OF A C170.

Narrative: I TURNED INTO THE TXWY BTWN 2 ROWS OF PARKED PLANES. NO PLANE ENGS APPEARED ON WHEN I TURNED IN TO THE TXWY. AS I TAXIED UP TO A PARKING SPOT AND BEGAN TO TURN; ONE OF THE PARKED PLANES ON THE PAX SIDE STARTED ITS ENG AND ROLLED INTO THE TXWY. ITS PROP SHEARED OFF MY WINGTIP. I DO NOT FEEL HE SHOULD HAVE STARTED INTO THE TXWY WHILE I WAS TAXIING. HE FELT THAT HE HAD THE RIGHT-OF-WAY BECAUSE HE WAS ON MY R SIDE. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT THE CONFLICTING ACFT WAS NOT MOVING AS SHE APCHED THAT ACFT'S TIE-DOWN. HER CHOSEN TRANSIENT TIE-DOWN WAS AT THE L END OF A ROW OF ACFT WHILE THE OTHER ACFT WAS IN THE LAST SPOT ON THE R OF THE OPPOSING ROW. SHE WAS TURNING L INTO THE SPOT WHEN SHE SAW SOMETHING 'LIKE FEATHERS' FLYING IN HER R PERIPHERAL VISION. THAT SOMETHING WAS ACTUALLY HER FIBERGLAS WINGTIP BEING SHREDDED BY OTHER ACFT'S PROP. THE OTHER PLT STATED THAT HE HAD THE RIGHT-OF-WAY BECAUSE HE WAS TO HER R BUT HIS ACFT'S PROP STRUCK THE R REAR OF HER WINGTIP AND PROCEEDED TOWARD THE FUSELAGE INDICATING THAT HE PROBABLY NEVER SAW THE CONFLICTING ACFT UNTIL AFTER IMPACT. IF HE HAD SEEN HER THEN THE ACT WAS INTENTIONAL. THE RPTR STATED THAT SHE DID NOT SEE THAT OTHER ACFT BECAUSE SHE WAS LOOKING L AS SHE TURNED L INTO THE TIE-DOWN. HER DAMAGED ACFT WAS FLOWN OUT THE NEXT DAY WITHOUT WINGTIPS AND THE FAA IS NOT PRESSING ANY ENFORCEMENT ACTION.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.