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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gulstm G-IV · Nashville, TN · July 16, 2006

Date: July 16, 2006 · 19:40 local
Place: Nashville, TN
Airport: John C. Tune Airport
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: IYUA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N63MU
Reported as: Gulstm GIV
Reported engine: Rolls-Royce TAY6118
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 12,875 total2,825 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

N63MURegistration cancelled May 10, 2013 · Gulfstream Aerospace G-IVS/N 1152 · Built 1990 Airframe modelGulfstream Aerospace G-IV Engine modelRolls-Royce TAY-611SERTurbo-fan

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot initiated a taxi and since the aircraft was situated on the ramp side of the yellow taxi line the pilot performed a squared off left turn away from the FBO building to avoid chocks behind the nosewheel. Shortly after the aircraft had completed the left turn the crew heard and felt a bump consistent with taxiing over chocks. After the pilot brought the airplane to a stop the cabin server went to the cockpit and informed the crew that the right winglet had struck the protruding overhang of the FBO terminal building.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT INITIATED A TAXI AND SINCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS SITUATED ON THE RAMP SIDE OF THE YELLOW TAXI LINE THE PILOT PERFORMED A SQUARED OFF LEFT TURN AWAY FROM THE FBO BUILDING TO AVOID CHOCKS BEHIND THE NOSEWHEEL. SHORTLY AFTER THE AIRCRAFT HAD COMPLETED THE LEFT TURN THE CREW HEARD AND FELT A BUMP CONSISTENT WITH TAXIING OVER CHOCKS. AFTER THE PILOT BROUGHT THE AIRPLANE TO A STOP THE CABIN SERVER WENT TO THE COCKPIT AND INFORMED THE CREW THAT THE RIGHT WINGLET HAD STRUCK THE PROTRUDING OVERHANG OF THE FBO TERMINAL BUILDING.