Small Aircraft; High Wing; 1 Eng; Fixed Gear
Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 66; Flight Crew Total 1408; Flight Crew Type 100
Situational Awareness
Ground Event / Encounter Aircraft
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged
Human Factors
Before start up there was one Marshal on a scooter to assist in taxi. There were two cones in the taxiway. One cone was moved to the side; but the Marshal said he couldn't move the second one. It was located right of center on the grass taxiway. Before engine start I stated to the Marshal that I will be watching him. After engine start I began to taxi to the left side of the taxiway. I continued to watch the Marshal on the scooter for direction. After passing the second cone I began to move to the right back to the center of the taxiway. That is when I struck the rudder of the Piper parked to my left. I struck his rudder with my left wing. I immediately shut down and with the Marshal and his safety team began exchanging information. I believe that we should have used another taxiway or had a wing walker to assist. I don't believe the Marshal on the scooter was of any help in assisting during taxi. If his duty was not to assist in watching wing clearance he should have stated it. I feel it was a total miss-communication between him and me.
Light aircraft pilot reported he struck another aircraft's rudder with his wing while taxiing.