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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gulfstream GIV-X (G450 · Saint Thomas, VI · March 14, 2010

Date
March 14, 2010 · 16:30 local
Place
Saint Thomas, VI
Airport
Cyril E. King Airport
Phase of flight
Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
GZXA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N404PX
Reported as
Gulfstream GIV-X (G450
Reported engine
Rolls-Royce TAY-611SER
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
12,000 total519 in this make and model87 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.

While privacy data omitted (second in command) was taxieng aircraft registration number Gulfstream aerospace (N404PX) and privacy data omitted (pilot in command) was in the left seat, they approached aircraft registration number N159GL, (parked behind the yellow lines marking bravo), and appears that the right wing was going to cleared the left wing of the Pilatus, (N159GL), privacy data omitted instructed privacy data omitted to get more to the left due to a larger arcraft parked in front and to the edge of taxi way bravo. When privacy data omitted steered to the left, the right wingtip of N404PX stroked the left winglet of N159GL.the wing tip of N404PX contacted the aileron and wing of N159GL and spun the aircraft around to the left and rolled into the ditched.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (SECOND IN COMMAND) WAS TAXIENG AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION NUMBER GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE (N404PX) AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (PILOT IN COMMAND) WAS IN THE LEFT SEAT, THEY APPROACHED AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION NUMBER N159GL, (PARKED BEHIND THE YELLOW LINES MARKING BRAVO), AND APPEARS THAT THE RIGHT WING WAS GOING TO CLEARED THE LEFT WING OF THE PILATUS, (N159GL), ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INSTRUCTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO GET MORE TO THE LEFT DUE TO A LARGER ARCRAFT PARKED IN FRONT AND TO THE EDGE OF TAXI WAY BRAVO. WHEN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STEERED TO THE LEFT, THE RIGHT WINGTIP OF N404PX STROKED THE LEFT WINGLET OF N159GL.THE WING TIP OF N404PX CONTACTED THE AILERON AND WING OF N159GL AND SPUN THE AIRCRAFT AROUND TO THE LEFT AND ROLLED INTO THE DITCHED.