20080113832939I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gulstm G1159 · Chicago, IL · January 13, 2008

Date: January 13, 2008 · 02:45 local
Place: Chicago, IL
Airport: Chicago Midway International
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: ASJA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N747NB
Reported as: Gulstm G1159
People aboard: 12
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 14,500 total100 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

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 taxiing to parking spot, N747NB taxied into trailing edge of parked Cessna 208. PIC stated that there was only one marshaller at the front of the aircraft and that lights from awaiting secret service vehicles were in his eyes. There was a fueler fueling a lear jet that had previously marshalled the aircraft to the right of the taxi centerline to remain away from the Learjet. That fueler did not continue wing walking the Gulfstream. Neither the flight crew or the single marshaller saw the parked Cessna 208. At the time of the collision, the crew had 6.5 hours of flight time and 12 hours of duty time.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE TAXIING TO PARKING SPOT, N747NB TAXIED INTO TRAILING EDGE OF PARKED CESSNA 208. PIC STATED THAT THERE WAS ONLY ONE MARSHALLER AT THE FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THAT LIGHTS FROM AWAITING SECRET SERVICE VEHICLES WERE IN HIS EYES. THERE WAS A FUELER FUELING A LEAR JET THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY MARSHALLED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT OF THE TAXI CENTERLINE TO REMAIN AWAY FROM THE LEARJET. THAT FUELER DID NOT CONTINUE WING WALKING THE GULFSTREAM. NEITHER THE FLIGHT CREW OR THE SINGLE MARSHALLER SAW THE PARKED CESSNA 208. AT THE TIME OF THE COLLISION, THE CREW HAD 6.5 HOURS OF FLIGHT TIME AND 12 HOURS OF DUTY TIME.