# Accident 20150828019291A: Falcon 2000, Las Vegas, NV, August 28, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 2015, 10:28 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: G13A
- Location: 36.0994° N, 115.1625° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0994&lon=-115.1625&mi=10
- Aircraft: N187AA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N187AA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dassault FALCON 2000 (registry code 2730170, https://openairdocs.org/model/dassault-falcon-2000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Alliedsign CFE-738 series (registry code 02500, https://openairdocs.org/engine/alliedsign-cfe-738-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FALCON 2000
- Reported engine: ALLIEDSIGN CFE-738 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 7,853 total, 154 in this make and model, 148 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR15LA253](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15LA253) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150828019291A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 28, 2015, AT APPROXIMATELY 1028 PDT, WHILE PARKED ON THE SIGNATURE FLIGHT SUPPORT RAMP AT THE LAS VEGAS MCCARREN AIRPORT (LAS) THE FLIGHT CREW OF A DASSAULT FALCON 2000, SERIAL NUMBER 156, REGISTRATION N187AA SIGNALED THE GROUND SUPPORT CREW TO REMOVE THE AIRCRAFT?S CHOCKS PRIOR TO STARTING THE AIRCRAFTS ENGINES, AT WHICH TIME THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO ROLL FORWARD.  DURING THE ROLL, AT APPROXIMATELY 120 FEET FORWARD, THE DASSAULT FALCON 2000?S RIGHT WING GLANCED THE LEFT WING OF A PARKED DASSAULT FALCON 20 AIRCRAFT, N699TW.

THE DASSAULT FALCON 2000 AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO ROLL FORWARD AND LEFT AT APPROXIMATELY A 20 DEGREE ANGLE FOR APPROXIMATELY AN ADDITIONAL 150 FEET, WHERE IT?S RADOME AND LEFT WING IMPACTED A PERPENDICULARLY PARKED BEECHCRAFT KING AIR C90 AIRCRAFT, N959MC, AND CAME TO REST.

SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO THE FALCON 2000?S RADOME, LEFT AND RIGHT WING.  SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WAS ALSO SUSTAINED TO THE RADOME, RIGHT PROPELLOR, EMPENAGE AND LEFT WING OF THE BEECHCRAFT KING AIR C90 AIRCRAFT, N959MC, CAUSING FUEL TO LEAK ONTO THE RAMP AREA.  THE FUEL WAS CONTAINED BY SIGNATURE FLIGHT SUPPORT RAMP PERSONNEL.

NO POST INCIDENT FIRE WAS REPORTED.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.  ENVIROMENTAL CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDNET WERE DRY/VMC.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATING UNDER (14 CFR) PART 91 AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR15LA253](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15LA253), Aug 28, 2015: Dassault FALCON2000 (N187AA), Las Vegas, NV, minor damage. Probable cause: The jet flight crew's use of an inappropriate checklist to resolve a parking brake hydraulic system pressure anomaly, which resulted in the airplane rolling down a slight incline and colliding with a…

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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