# Incident 20180722017541I: Dassault Aviation FALCON 900EX, New Haven, CT, July 22, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2018, 09:30 local time
- Place: New Haven, CT
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3108° N, 72.9250° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Haven, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3108&lon=-72.9250&mi=10
- Aircraft: N311JA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DASSAULT AVIATION FALCON 900EX
- Reported engine: HONEYWELL TFE731-60
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 17,911 total, 1,700 in this make and model, 94 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180722017541I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 22, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 9:30 A.M. (EASTERN TIME), AIRCRAFT N311JA WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT AT TWEED-NEW HAVEN AIRPORT (HVN) LOCATED IN NEW HAVEN, CT. ^MR. SCOTT W. KLEIN,^ ^PILOT CERTIFICATE NUMBER 3226992,^ WAS ACTING AS PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC). THE AIRCRAFT TOOK-OFF WITH TWO CREWMEMBERS ON BOARD FROM OAKLAND COUNTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (PTK) LOCATED IN PONTIAC, MI, AND LANDED AT HVN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING TO ROBINSON AVIATIONS RAMP AND INTENDED TO TAKE THE FIRST EXIT FROM TAXIWAY G TO THE RAMP BUT THE PIC CHOSE NOT TO DUE TO STANDING WATER. THE PIC THEN ELECTED TO TAKE THE OTHER EXIT POINT FROM TAXIWAY G INTO THE GENERAL AVIATION (GA) PARKING RAMP. WHILE TAXIING THROUGH THE PARKING RAMP THE LEFT WINGLET OF N311JA IMPACTED N411GJ IN THE PROPELLER NOSE CONE. THE IMPACT CAUSED N411GJ TO BE PULLED FROM ITS TIEDOWNS AND TURNED ENTIRE AIRCRAFT 90 DEGREES FROM IT'S PARKED POSITION. N311JA CONTINUED TO TAXI AND THEN IMPACTED N7232C ON THE ITS RIGHT SIDE OF THE ENGINE COWLING. THE IMPACT CAUSED N7232C TO BE PULLED FROM ITS TIEDOWNS AND TURNED ENTIRE AIRCRAFT 180 DEGREES FROM ITS PARKED POSITION. WHEN N7232C SPUN 180 DEGREES, THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE IMPACTED N4790J IN ITS RIGHT WING STRUT. OUT OF ALL THE AIRCRAFT, THERE WERE ONLY TWO ONBOARD N311JA AND THEY WERE UNINJURED.

THE INSPECTOR IN CHARGE (IIC) IMMEDIATELY STARTED PHOTOGRAPHING THE SCENE WHEN HE ARRIVED AT THE SCENE. ALL AIRCRAFT EXCEPT N311JA WERE UNTOUCHED. N311JA WAS OVER IN A PARKING SPACE IN FRONT OF ROBINSON AVIATIONS HANGER. THE ENTRANCEWAY INTO THE RAMP AREA STILL HAD STANDING WATER. THERE WAS APPROX. 1 OF WATER AT THE TIME THE IIC ARRIVED.

THE DAMAGE TO N311JA WAS ONLY LIMITED TO THE LEFT WINGLET. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF SUBSTANCIAL DAMAGE TO THE OTHER THREE AIRCRAFT VARIED.

ACCORDING TO THE PIC, HE DID NOT WANT TO GO THROUGH THE STANDING WATER SINCE HE COULD NOT SEE THE BOTTOM. HE ATTEMPTED THE OTHER ROUTE INSTEAD. THE PICS STATEMENT STATES, I NOTICED IT LOOKED TIGHT, BUT THOUGHT IT MANAGEABLE AND PROCEEDED TO MANEUVER THROUGH IT. WHILE DOING SO, I MISJUDGED THE DISTANCE AND THE LEFT WINGTIP ENDED UP STRIKING AN AIRCRAFT.

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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