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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gulfstream Aerospace G-V · Thompson, GA · April 8, 2012

Date
April 8, 2012 · 16:50 local
Place
Thompson, GA
Airport
Thompson-Mcduffie County Airpo
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision
Collision on the ground
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N33M
Reported as
Gulfstream Aerospace G-V
Reported engine
BMW Rolls BR-700 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
7,652 total4,415 in this make and model123 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.

During taxi out for takeoff, N33M right winglet struck the left elevator and outboard end of the left horizontal stabilizer of N156PH, which was parked with no one onboard.

As the FAA filed it

DURING TAXI OUT FOR TAKEOFF, N33M RIGHT WINGLET STRUCK THE LEFT ELEVATOR AND OUTBOARD END OF THE LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER OF N156PH, WHICH WAS PARKED WITH NO ONE ONBOARD.