# Incident 20180321009769I: Gulfstream GA-150, Chicago, IL, March 21, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 2018, 19:45 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23EW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GULFSTREAM GA-150
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,515 total, 366 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180321009769I

## Narrative

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

ON THE 21 OF MARCH 2018 AT 1730 UTC THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) OF N23EW TAXIED INTO A BLAST FENCE POLE AT CHICAGO OHARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KORD) CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT'S WINGLET.

THE PIC ^MR. DOUG BARTZ^ SAW THE MARSHALLER TO THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT BETWEEN TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT AS N23EW WAS ENTERING THE PARKING RAMP FROM TAXIWAY PP. THE MARSHALLER POINTED TO WHERE HE WANTED THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE TO END UP IN THE DESIGNATED PARKING SPOT.  BASED ON THE MARSHALLERS POSITION BOTH ^MR. BARTZ^ AND HIS SECOND IN COMMAND (SIC), ^MR. AUSTIN MERTZ,^ AGREED THAT THE MARSHALLER WANTED N23EW TO TAXI AROUND THE FURTHER OF THE 2 AIRCRAFT, AROUND THE BACK THEN INTO THEIR DESIGNATED PARKING SPOT.  WHILE IN THE TURN BEHIND THE AIRCRAFT, N23EW MADE CONTACT WITH THE BLAST FENCE POLE. IMMEDIATELY AFTER CONTACT WAS MADE, THE SIC TOLD THE PIC TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT AND INFORMED HIM HE THINKS THEY HIT SOMETHING. DURING THE ENTIRE MANEUVER THE MARSHALLER DID NOT INFORM N23EW TO STOP OR THAT THERE WAS ANY POSSIBILITY THAT THEY WOULD MAKE CONTACT WITH THE BLAST FENCE. THE MARSHALLER STATED HE WANTED N23EW TO TURN IN BETWEEN THE 2 AIRCRAFT AND MAKE A 180 DEGREE TURN INTO THEIR DESIGNATED SPOT. BOTH THE PIC AND SIC STATED THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH SPACE BETWEEN THE 2 AIRCRAFT TO MAKE THAT WORK.

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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