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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Dassault-Breguet FALCON 50 · Ewing, NJ · August 14, 2019

Date
August 14, 2019 · 10:58 local
Place
Ewing, NJ
Airport
Trenton-Mercer
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
XORA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N752JC
Reported as
Dassault-Breguet Falcon 50
Reported engine
Garrett TFE731 series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
13,300 total5,000 in this make and model48 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.

While the aircraft was taxiing on the FBO ramp to park, the left wing tip contacted an embankment between the FBO parking ramp and an adjacent corporate flight department parking ramp. At the time, the aircraft was marshaled by FBO line personnel. The aircraft continued moving forward, placing the wing tip further into the embankment, before coming to a stop.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING ON THE FBO RAMP TO PARK, THE LEFT WING TIP CONTACTED AN EMBANKMENT BETWEEN THE FBO PARKING RAMP AND AN ADJACENT CORPORATE FLIGHT DEPARTMENT PARKING RAMP. AT THE TIME, THE AIRCRAFT WAS MARSHALED BY FBO LINE PERSONNEL. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED MOVING FORWARD, PLACING THE WING TIP FURTHER INTO THE EMBANKMENT, BEFORE COMING TO A STOP.