Originally Posted by pilot48

Hello everyone. I am writing this post after a collision today between a parked aircraft and a Cessna in which I was giving instruction. The aircraft that we collided with was an LSA which was improperly parked too close to the active taxiway. My student was taxiing on taxiway center line and I was providing feedback about the landing he had just performed. I let my guard down for that split second, took my eyes from outside the cockpit and wham. Our right wing clipped the rudder of the LSA separating it from the vertical. We were the first aircraft to take this taxiway after the LSA had parked. It is my responsibility as an instructor to ensure safe operation of the aircraft no matter what. As a pilot my job is to maintain visual separation from all other aircraft in the air and on the ground, improperly parked or not. I am just starting my career as a pilot and I feel terribly about this. I have a lot of questions running through my head and I want to know how this might affect my career as a pilot. Any feedback is greatly appreciated.