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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Dassault Falcon 900 EX · Chicago, IL · September 23, 2019

Date: September 23, 2019 · 16:10 local
Place: Chicago, IL
Phase of flight: Taxi
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision: Collision on the ground
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8100E
Reported as: Dassault Falcon 900 EX
Reported engine: Garrett TFE731 series
People aboard: 5
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 23,500 total6,500 in this make and model50 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.

The pilot of N8100E, a falcon 900 ex, was being marshalled into parking at the signature ramp at kmdw airport. The pilot stated that there was a wing-walker on the right wing and that the marshaled was watching the left wing from the front of the airplane while direction N8100E. While parking, N8100E struck its left wing on the right wing of N1620, a Gulfstream 280. Both airplanes sustained minor damage to the wingtips. There were no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT OF N8100E, A FALCON 900 EX, WAS BEING MARSHALLED INTO PARKING AT THE SIGNATURE RAMP AT KMDW AIRPORT. THE PILOT STATED THAT THERE WAS A WING-WALKER ON THE RIGHT WING AND THAT THE MARSHALED WAS WATCHING THE LEFT WING FROM THE FRONT OF THE AIRPLANE WHILE DIRECTION N8100E. WHILE PARKING, N8100E STRUCK ITS LEFT WING ON THE RIGHT WING OF N1620, A GULFSTREAM 280. BOTH AIRPLANES SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE WINGTIPS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.