What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) An instructor and his student in a Piper PA-28R arrow departed their parking area to taxi to for run-up prior to flight and struck a parked aircraft. The instructor was distracted by looking skyward towards some weather that he believed would be a factor in their departure plans and he then pointed this weather out ot the student, who was actually taxiing the aircraft. The aircraft was allowed to continue moving as both pilots were looking up. Too late, the instructor realized that the right wingtip of the arrow was not going to clear the left wingtip of the parked aircraft and made a frantic effort to turn left and stop but the damage was done. The arrow was shutdown and both pilots exited the aircraft. Damage consisted of two crushed wing ribs and torn wing skin on the arrow and a small chunk of composite wing material torn off the trailing edge of the wingtip of the parked aircraft, a Lancair columbia 400.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) AN INSTRUCTOR AND HIS STUDENT IN A PIPER PA-28R ARROW DEPARTED THEIR PARKING AREA TO TAXI TO FOR RUN-UP PRIOR TO FLIGHT AND STRUCK A PARKED AIRCRAFT. THE INSTRUCTOR WAS DISTRACTED BY LOOKING SKYWARD TOWARDS SOME WEATHER THAT HE BELIEVED WOULD BE A FACTOR IN THEIR DEPARTURE PLANS AND HE THEN POINTED THIS WEATHER OUT OT THE STUDENT, WHO WAS ACTUALLY TAXIING THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ALLOWED TO CONTINUE MOVING AS BOTH PILOTS WERE LOOKING UP. TOO LATE, THE INSTRUCTOR REALIZED THAT THE RIGHT WINGTIP OF THE ARROW WAS NOT GOING TO CLEAR THE LEFT WINGTIP OF THE PARKED AIRCRAFT AND MADE A FRANTIC EFFORT TO TURN LEFT AND STOP BUT THE DAMAGE WAS DONE. THE ARROW WAS SHUTDOWN AND BOTH PILOTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. DAMAGE CONSISTED OF TWO CRUSHED WING RIBS AND TORN WING SKIN ON THE ARROW AND A SMALL CHUNK OF COMPOSITE WING MATERIAL TORN OFF THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE WINGTIP OF THE PARKED AIRCRAFT, A LANCAIR COLUMBIA 400.