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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · AMD FALCON900EX · Las Vegas, NV · September 20, 2006

Date
September 20, 2006 · 18:40 local
Place
Las Vegas, NV
Airport
Mc Carran International
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N900Q
Reported as
AMD FALCON900EX
Fatal injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) While unoccupied, not under power, and not chocked with the parking brake off, aircraft began rolling and traveled approximately 750 feet before colliding with the airport perimeter fence. Aircraft came to rest with its nose hanging over a busy thoroughfare. No injuries or damage reported other than to aircraft and fence. The aircraft had been previously pre-positioned for departure that evening with its tail into a brisk northwest wind, readied, serviced, catered and preflighted. The flight crew removed the chocks. The owner then notified the crew of his intention to remain overnight in Las Vegas. The flight crew secured the aircraft without installing the wheel chocks. FBO personnel did not install the wheel chocks.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE UNOCCUPIED, NOT UNDER POWER, AND NOT CHOCKED WITH THE PARKING BRAKE OFF, AIRCRAFT BEGAN ROLLING AND TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 750 FEET BEFORE COLLIDING WITH THE AIRPORT PERIMETER FENCE. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST WITH ITS NOSE HANGING OVER A BUSY THOROUGHFARE. NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE REPORTED OTHER THAN TO AIRCRAFT AND FENCE. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY PRE-POSITIONED FOR DEPARTURE THAT EVENING WITH ITS TAIL INTO A BRISK NORTHWEST WIND, READIED, SERVICED, CATERED AND PREFLIGHTED. THE FLIGHT CREW REMOVED THE CHOCKS. THE OWNER THEN NOTIFIED THE CREW OF HIS INTENTION TO REMAIN OVERNIGHT IN LAS VEGAS. THE FLIGHT CREW SECURED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INSTALLING THE WHEEL CHOCKS. FBO PERSONNEL DID NOT INSTALL THE WHEEL CHOCKS.