# Incident 19960908030709I: Gulstm G1159A, Newark, NJ, September 8, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1996, 20:45 local time
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Airport: Newark International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7242° N, 74.1726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newark, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7242&lon=-74.1726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N85V (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM G1159A
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960908030709I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: WHILE TAXIING AIRCRAFT INTO SIGNATURE AVIATION AT NEWARK, DID NOT FOLLOW TAXI YELLOW CENTER LINE. AIRCRAFT HIT A PARKED BOEING 727 PARKED AIRCRAFT RIGHT WING CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO REMOVABLE WING TIP. MR. NUSSBAUM'S AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO LEFT WINGLET. GRUMMAN ENGINEER INSPECTED HIS AIRCRAFT OK TO FLY. THE BOEING 727 N727HC RIGHT WING TIP WAS REPLACED, COSTING $12,000. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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