# Incident 19940316008329I: Gulstm G1159A, Ft Lauderdale, FL, March 16, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 1994, 10:15 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale-Hollywood International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: XMRA
- Location: 26.0717° N, 80.1497° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE/HOLLYWOOD INTL (FLL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0717&lon=-80.1497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41RC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N41RC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American AA-1A (registry code 0630710, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-aa-1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM G1159A
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940316008329I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: DURING TAXI TO PARKING ON THE WEST CUSTOMS RAMP AT FT. LAUDERDALE, HOLLYWOOD INT'L AIRPORT THE L/H ELEVATOR OF THE G-1159 MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUDDER AND UPPER RUDDER FAIRING ON A DC-9 WHICH WAS PARKED FOR OVERNIGHT STORAGE. THE PIC OF THE G-1159 STATED THAT THERE WERE TWO RAMP ATTENDANTS THAT WERE DIRECTING HIM TO MAKE A R/H TURN INTO THE PARKING AREA AND BECAUSE OF THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE G-1159 TO THE DC-9 HE RELIED ON THEIR SIGNALS FOR GUIDANCE. THE PIC STATED THAT BY THE TIME THE RAMP ATTENDANT CHANGED THEIR INSTRUCTIONS THE INCIDENT HAD ALREADY OCCURRED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE G-1159 HAD SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE L/H ELEVATOR TIP AND THE DC-9 HAD SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE RUDDER. THE INVESTIGATION AND INCIDENT ARE CLOSED.

## Other reports on N41RC (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20001029019049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001029019049A), Oct 29, 2000: Amrgen AA1A (N41RC), Greeley, CO, No damage. (-23) After flying at 10,000 MSL for about 50 minutes, Mr. Black was going to do some touch and goes at gxy. After touch down and lifing off, the engine…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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