# Incident 20181207023332I: Gulfstream Aerospace 695B, Santa Ana, CA, December 7, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 2018, 10:13 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7368° N, 117.8829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Ana, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7368&lon=-117.8829&mi=10
- Aircraft: N235GA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE 695B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181207023332I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 7, 2018, A JET COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER PARKED AIRCRAFT DURING GROUND TAXI AT JOHN WAYNE-ORANGE COUNTY AIRPORT. THE TWO AIRCRAFT WERE N237GA, A GULFSTREAM G550, AND N758QS, A BOMBARDIER BD-100.

AS N237GA WAS TAXIING IN TO A SPOT ON THE ACI JETS PARKING RAMP AT SNA AIRPORT, A GROUND GUIDE WAS GIVING INSTRUCTION WITH WANDS. THE INSTRUCTION WAS FOR N237GA TO TAXI INTO A DESIGNATED SPOT WHILE PERFORMING A TURN OF APPROXIMATELY 45 DEGREES TO THE PILOT?S BLIND SIDE. AS N237GA WAS ESSENTIALLY DOING A RIGHT PIVOT ON THE PARKING SPOT, THE LEFT WING WAS MOVING TOWARDS N758QS WHICH WAS STATIONARY. THE GROUND GUIDE MISJUDGED THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE WINGS OF EACH JET AND HE DID NOT NOTIFY THE PILOT TO STOP MOVEMENT. THE LEFT WINGLET OF N237GA STRUCK THE RIGHT WINGLET OF N758QS. N237GA HAD PAINT TRANSFER FROM THE IMPACT BUT NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. N758QS SHOWED RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE WINGLET.

THE TOTAL COST OF THE REPAIR WAS $15,000 BECAUSE THE OPERATOR ELECTED TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE WINGLET.

ACI JETS WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE TRAINING FOR PERSONNEL WHO PARK AND WING-WALK AIRCRAFT. THE MANAGER AT ACI JETS GAVE A REPORT ON WHAT WAS DONE AFTER THE INCIDENT. ACI JETS COMPLETED A SAFETY STAND-DOWN AND GAVE TRAINING TO ALL PERSONNEL HANDLING AIRCRAFT. THEY ESTABLISHED A 3 FOOT ?BUBBLE? AROUND AIRCRAFT THAT SHOULD NOT BE PENETRATED AT ANY TIME. IF THE BUBBLE IS PENETRATED, THEY NOW CONSIDER THAT AN INTERNAL SAFETY INCIDENT WHICH MUST BE REPORTED.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N758QS, Bombardier Inc BD-100-1A10: no report for this aircraft; [N758QS](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N758QS) is registered now

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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