# Incident 20100104025749I: Dhc-6 300, San Juan, PR, January 4, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 2010, 11:15 local time
- Place: San Juan, PR
- Airport: Fernando Rivas Dominichi
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: S9BA
- Location: 18.4663° N, 66.1057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Juan, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4663&lon=-66.1057&mi=10
- Aircraft: N189GC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N189GC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-6-300 (registry code 2802630, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-6-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 series (registry code 52247, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-27-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHC-6 300
- Reported engine: PT-6 A
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 1,600 in this make and model, 268 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100104025749I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 04, 2010, CAPTAIN CLIFFORD AND FIRST OFFICER HACKLER WERE ASSIGNED FLIGHT #1337, IN AIRCRAFT N189GC, FROM STX, ST. CROIX TO SIG, ISLA GRANDE AIRPORT.  AFTER LANDING IN SIG AND WHILE BEING GROUND MARSHALED INTO PARKING POSITION BY RAMP AGENTS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, N189GC RIGHT WING BRUSHED THE RIGHT WING OF N241SA THAT WAS PARKED ON THE RAMP.  SEABORNE AIRLINES DISPATCH WAS REPORTED THE INCIDENT AT APPROXIMATELY 1115 LOCAL TIME BY CAPTAIN CLIFFORD.  AT THAT TIME THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, CHIEF PILOT, DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE, DIRECTOR OF SAFETY AND HUMAN RESOURCES WERE NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT.  BOTH CREW MEMBERS AND TWO GROUND SUPPORT PERSONNEL WERE IMMEDIATELY REMOVED FROM LINE SERVICE AND INSTRUCTED TO STANDBY FOR HR TO ARRIVE IN ORDER TO CONDUCT DRUG TESTING.  THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED PARKED UNTIL SEABORNE MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL ARRIVED TO CONDUCT AN INSPECTION OF THE TWO AIRCRAFT.  SEABORNE MAINTENANCE CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION OF THE WING TIP AREA ON BOTH AIRCRAFT.  THIS INSPECTION REVEALED ONLY MINOR PAINT DAMAGE TO BOTH AIRCRAFT. AS A RESULT, BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE RETURNED TO SERVICE.

## Other reports on N189GC (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20250809011609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250809011609A), Aug 9, 2025: Dehavilland DHC-6-300 (N189GC), Whitmore, AZ, Substantial damage. On August 9, 2025, about 1240 pacific daylight time, a de havilland DHC-6-300, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Whitmore,…
- [Incident 20170524006629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170524006629I), May 24, 2017: Dehavilland DHC-6-300 (N189GC), Grand Canyon, AZ, Minor damage. After interviews and visual inspection of the tire markings made by the aircraft during the excursion, it is evident that the aircraft departed the runway due…

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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