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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gulstm GV · Great Falls, MT · September 30, 2005

Date: September 30, 2005 · 18:41 local
Place: Great Falls, MT
Airport: Great Falls International
Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: N93A
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N506QS
Reported as: Gulstm GV
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 12,000 total1,800 in this make and model85 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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(-23) On September 30, 2005, at 1841 MDT, a Gulfstream g-v, N506QS, registered to nji sales inc, landed at Great Falls International Airport in Great Falls, Montana. A post flight inspection performed by the flight crew revealed that the right hand horizontal stabilizer tip had been damaged. The flight was a part 91 repositioning flight and had no passengers on board. While the aircraft was parked at lga earlier on 9/30/05, another Gulfstream taxied behind it. The flight crew felt a bump but thought it was the jet blast from the other aircraft. The crew then got out and looked at the aircraft and spotted no damage so they departed to cmh on a 91K flight. The aircraft then continued on for a repositioning flight to gtf.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2005, AT 1841 MDT, A GULFSTREAM G-V, N506QS, REGISTERED TO NJI SALES INC, LANDED AT GREAT FALLS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN GREAT FALLS, MONTANA. A POST FLIGHT INSPECTION PERFORMED BY THE FLIGHT CREW REVEALED THAT THE RIGHT HAND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER TIP HAD BEEN DAMAGED. THE FLIGHT WAS A PART 91 REPOSITIONING FLIGHT AND HAD NO PASSENGERS ON BOARD. WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED AT LGA EARLIER ON 9/30/05, ANOTHER GULFSTREAM TAXIED BEHIND IT. THE FLIGHT CREW FELT A BUMP BUT THOUGHT IT WAS THE JET BLAST FROM THE OTHER AIRCRAFT. THE CREW THEN GOT OUT AND LOOKED AT THE AIRCRAFT AND SPOTTED NO DAMAGE SO THEY DEPARTED TO CMH ON A 91K FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT THEN CONTINUED ON FOR A REPOSITIONING FLIGHT TO GTF.