# Accident 20070928830699A: Amd FALCON900, Teterboro, NJ, September 28, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2007, 13:12 local time
- Place: Teterboro, NJ
- Airport: Teterboro
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8500° N, 74.0617° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8500&lon=-74.0617&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90TH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N90TH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dassault MYSTERE FALCON 900 (registry code 2730172, https://openairdocs.org/model/dassault-mystere-falcon-900) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Alliedsign TFE-731-2B (registry code 02502, https://openairdocs.org/engine/alliedsign-tfe-731-2b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMD FALCON900
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,761 total, 3,321 in this make and model, 53 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL07LA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07LA130) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070928830699A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 9/28/07 AT APPROXIMATELY 1312 EDT WHILE TAXIING FOR DEPARTURE ON TAXIWAY ZULU AT KTEB, N90TH STRUCK A STEAMROLLER WITH ITS LEFT WING. ALTHOUGH TAXIING ON CENTERLINE APPROXIMATELY FOUR FEET OF THE LEFT HAND WING WAS HANGING OVER INTO THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE WHICH PARALLELED TAXIWAY ZULU. NO NOTAMS WERE ISSUED REGARDING THE CONSTRUCTION AT THAT TIME NOR WAS THE CREW ISSUED ANY SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FROM GROUND CONTROL. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT STRUCK HER ARM AGAINST THE AIRCRAFT GALLERY AND THE STEAMROLLER OPERATOR WAS THROWN FROM THE STEAMROLLER DURING THE COLLISION. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT WING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL07LA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07LA130), Sep 28, 2007: Dassault Mystere Falcon 900 (N90TH), Teterboro, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The steamroller driver's improper decision to operate the vehicle without a wing walker present.

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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