What happened
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Aircraft landed at ksfb and requested taxi to maintenance hangar. Ground issued instructions and aircraft turned on wrong ramp entrance. Aircraft ended up on ramp for flight school, instead of stopping and asking for assistance, the PIC opted to continue taxiing in densely packed area with no wing walkers. Student & instructor on ramp advised dispatch aircraft had struck the spinner of their aircraft while they were conducting a preflight inspection. The aircraft continued taxiing and advised ground they were on the wrong ramp, requested instructions to correct location. FAA poi was at flight school for erc meeting and was contacted to inspect flight school aircraft and gather information from PIC of aircraft. PIC of aircraft advised he saw people preflighting aircraft and could not see his wingtips, he thought they would tell him if he was clear. PIC acknowledged he should have stopped and asked for assistance once he knew he was at the wrong location. PIC stated he did have a current airport diagram available.
Damage to aircraft consisted of broken wingtip light cover, flight school aircraft had minor scratches on spinner but maintenance inspected and found no further issues.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT LANDED AT KSFB AND REQUESTED TAXI TO MAINTENANCE HANGAR. GROUND ISSUED INSTRUCTIONS AND AIRCRAFT TURNED ON WRONG RAMP ENTRANCE. AIRCRAFT ENDED UP ON RAMP FOR FLIGHT SCHOOL, INSTEAD OF STOPPING AND ASKING FOR ASSISTANCE, THE PIC OPTED TO CONTINUE TAXIING IN DENSELY PACKED AREA WITH NO WING WALKERS. STUDENT & INSTRUCTOR ON RAMP ADVISED DISPATCH AIRCRAFT HAD STRUCK THE SPINNER OF THEIR AIRCRAFT WHILE THEY WERE CONDUCTING A PREFLIGHT INSPECTION. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TAXIING AND ADVISED GROUND THEY WERE ON THE WRONG RAMP, REQUESTED INSTRUCTIONS TO CORRECT LOCATION. FAA POI WAS AT FLIGHT SCHOOL FOR ERC MEETING AND WAS CONTACTED TO INSPECT FLIGHT SCHOOL AIRCRAFT AND GATHER INFORMATION FROM PIC OF AIRCRAFT. PIC OF AIRCRAFT ADVISED HE SAW PEOPLE PREFLIGHTING AIRCRAFT AND COULD NOT SEE HIS WINGTIPS, HE THOUGHT THEY WOULD TELL HIM IF HE WAS CLEAR. PIC ACKNOWLEDGED HE SHOULD HAVE STOPPED AND ASKED FOR ASSISTANCE ONCE HE KNEW HE WAS AT THE WRONG LOCATION. PIC STATED HE DID HAVE A CURRENT AIRPORT DIAGRAM AVAILABLE.
DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF BROKEN WINGTIP LIGHT COVER, FLIGHT SCHOOL AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR SCRATCHES ON SPINNER BUT MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND FOUND NO FURTHER ISSUES.
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