# Incident 20081008855869I: Gulstm GIV, Orlando, FL, October 8, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 2008, 21:10 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Executive
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5383° N, 81.3792° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orlando, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5383&lon=-81.3792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N472MM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N472MM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gulfstream Aerospace G-IV (registry code 3980115, https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-aerospace-g-iv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM GIV
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,450 total, 845 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081008855869I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 10/08/2008, AT AROUND 2110 LOCAL TIME, THE GULFSTREAM (G-IV) WAS OBSERVED ON VIDEO CAMERA TAXIING TOWARDS THE HELICOPTERS PARKED ADJACENT TO TAXIWAY H.  ON VIDEO YOU SEE THE G-IV SLOWING DOWN AND CHANGING COURSE TO THE RIGHT AVOIDING WHAT APPEARS TO BE HELICOPTER ROTORBLADES.  THE VISIBILITY WAS DIMINISHED DUE TO HEAVY RAIN.  THE LEFT WING OF THE G-IV APPEARS FROM THE VIDEO TO BE OVER THE TAXIWAY AT ALL TIMES.  DURING THE INVESTIGATION WE WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF THE HELICOPTER ROTORBLADES EXTENDED INTO THE TAXIWAY ENVIRONMENT.  THE MORNING FOLLOWING THE DEPARTURE OF THE G-IV DAMAGE WAS DISCOVERED TO THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES AND ROTOR MASK OF THE TWO HELICOPTERS.  FROM THE VIDEO IT APPEARS THE G-IV POSSIBLY STRUCK THE ROTOR BLADES OF TWO HELICOPTERS WITH ITS LEFT WING TIP AS IT TAXIED PASSED, ON ITS WAY TO RUNWAY 7.  THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE G-IV.

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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