# Incident 20111010024149I: Gulfstream Aerospace GV-SP (G550), Carlsbad, CA, October 10, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 2011, 14:45 local time
- Place: Carlsbad, CA
- Airport: Mc Clellan-Palomar
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1283° N, 117.2801° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MC CLELLAN-PALOMAR (CRQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1283&lon=-117.2801&mi=10
- Aircraft: N273A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N273A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gulfstream Aerospace GV-SP (G550) (registry code 3980203, https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-aerospace-gv-sp-g550) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce Deutschland BR700-710C411 (registry code 54005, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-deutschland-br700-710c411) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE GV-SP (G550)
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC BR700-710C411
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 14,500 total, 230 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111010024149I

## Narrative

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

1.) AIRCRAFT N273A WAS RAMPED ON UP-HILL GRADE AT A TAKEOFF WEIGHT OF 65,000 PDS.  2.) THE AIRCRAFT WAS POSITIONED WITH EXHAUST TIPS POINTED TO THE EAST WITH A 12 KNOT WIND TO THE EAST, AND THE EXHAUST WAS ESSENTIALLY DIRECTED DOWN A SLOPE TOWARDS GA AIRCRAFT.  3.) THE AIRCRAFT WAS PLACE ON LARGE STEEL PLATES (THE MAIN GEARS ONLY) WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE NOSE GEAR WHICH RESTED ON ASPHALT.  4.) PILOTS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SURVEYED THE AREA PRIOR TO ENTERING THE PLANE, AND NOTED ITS POSITION RELATIVE TO OTHER GA AIRCRAFT. RAMP AGENT/MARSHALLER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK A POSITION 45 DEGREES OFFSET TO PILOTS LEFT, SO AS TO OBSERVE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.  5.) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SIGNALED TO PILOTS CLEAR TO START ENGINES. AFTER THE PILOT CHECKS WERE COMPLETED, GROUND HANDLER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ BEGAN MARSHALLING THE AIRCRAFT AND PILOTS TO BEGIN ADDING POWER TO MOVE FORWARD. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAID INITIALLY THE PLANE DIDN'T MOVE AGAINST THE INCLINE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CONTINUED TO MOTION THE PILOT FORWARD AND AS PILOT APPLIED MORE BREAKAWAY THRUST,  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAID HE NOTICED THE TWO CESSNA 152'S FLIP OVER TAIL FIRST. 6.) THE TWO 152'S HAD NO TAIL TIEDOWN CHAINS AVAILABLE TO USE AT ALL WHERE THEY PARKED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT IT DID NOT EVER APPEAR THAT THE PILOT USED EXCESSIVE THRUST TO MOVE FORWARD, ONLY THAT THRUST NECESSARY TO START THE AIRCRAFT MOVING. 7.) THE UNFORTUNATE CONSEQUENCE OF NOT HAVING THE TAIL TIEDOWN CHAINS AVAILABLE WHERE THE TWO DAMAGED CESSNA'S PARKED, WAS THAT THE VELOCITY OF EXHAUST FROM THE GULFSTREAM FLIPPED THE TWO PLANES TAIL FIRST.

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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