20150106000059I

Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Bombardier BD-100-1A10 · Albany, NY · January 6, 2015

Date
January 6, 2015 · 11:51 local
Place
Albany, NY
Phase of flight
Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
J7SA
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N550FX
Reported as
Bombardier BD-100-1A10
Reported engine
Honeywell AS907-1-1A
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
12,590 total3,387 in this make and model130 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.

The aircraft was parked on the FBO ramp. On departing, the aircraft began to taxi and turned perpendicular to the the fbo's building. The aircraft was then stopped approximately 150 feet from the building structure to allow for passage of a sweeper that was clearing snow and icy patches from the adjacent taxiway. The aircraft then began to resume taxi. When the pilot applied power to begin taxi, the jet blast caused moderate damage to the fbo's entry doors, windows, and related structure.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED ON THE FBO RAMP. ON DEPARTING, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO TAXI AND TURNED PERPENDICULAR TO THE THE FBO'S BUILDING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN STOPPED APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET FROM THE BUILDING STRUCTURE TO ALLOW FOR PASSAGE OF A SWEEPER THAT WAS CLEARING SNOW AND ICY PATCHES FROM THE ADJACENT TAXIWAY. THE AIRCRAFT THEN BEGAN TO RESUME TAXI. WHEN THE PILOT APPLIED POWER TO BEGIN TAXI, THE JET BLAST CAUSED MODERATE DAMAGE TO THE FBO'S ENTRY DOORS, WINDOWS, AND RELATED STRUCTURE.