# Incident 20191007018799I: Gulfstream Aerospace GV-SP (G550), Newark, NJ, October 7, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 2019, 12:54 local time
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Airport: Newark Liberty International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6925° N, 74.1687° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEWARK LIBERTY INTL (EWR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6925&lon=-74.1687&mi=10
- Aircraft: N667P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE GV-SP (G550)
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC BR 700 SERIES
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 9,056 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191007018799I

## Narrative

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

AS AIRCRAFT N667P AIRCRAFT ENTERED THE RAMP TO BE PARKED, THE LEFT WINGLET STRUCK THE PERIMETER FENCE.  DAMAGE TO THE WINGLET.

DURING THE MARSHALLING PROCEDURE, THE GROUND CREW PREPARED TO PARK THE AIRCRAFT NEXT TO THE PERIMETER WALL OF THE RAMP AREA.  THE GROUND CREW STATIONED AT THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT, NOTICED THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED IN AND NOSE GEAR HAD DRIFTED LEFT OF THE REFERENCE LEAD IN LINE.   HE CONTINUED TO MARSHAL THE AIRCRAFT AND INDICATED FOR THE CAPTAIN TO TURN RIGHT.  THE WING WALKER, ALSO CONTINUED TO SIGNAL FOR THE AIRCRAFT TO TURN.  AS THE AIRCRAFT TURNED, THE LEFT WINGLET STRUCK THE TOP OF THE PERIMETER FENCE AND ALSO THE BARB WIRE ON TOP OF THE FENCE.  .  DURING THE INTERVIEW OF THE GROUND CREW, VERIFIED THAT THEY WERE PROPERLY TRAINED.  ALL TRAINING WAS  DOCUMENTED AND UP TO DATE.   THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL ISSUES WITH THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.    THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) VERIFIED THAT THE GROUND CREW INSTRUCTED HIM TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN.  ALTHOUGH HE STATED THAT HE WAS NOT TOTALLY CLEAR ON THEIR INTENTIONS.  HE LOOKED OVER AT THE LEFT WING WALKER AND VERIFIED HE WAS SIGNALING TO CONTINUE TURNING.  AS THE PIC DIRECTED HIS ATTENTION BACK TO THE LEAD IN MARSHALLER, THE PIC NOTICED THE MARSHALLER HAD MOVED TOWARDS THE RIGHT OF THE NOSE TO CONTINUE DIRECTING HIM TO TURN.  THAT IS WHEN HE FELT THE WING STRIKE THE FENCE.  HE STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT APPLIED BRAKES AND THE SECOND IN COMMAND PILOT (SIC) WENT OUTSIDE TO ASSES THE SITUATION.  THE PASSENGERS WERE OFFLOADED AND ASSISTANCE WAS REQUESTED TO MOVE THE AIRCRAFT AWAY FROM THE FENCE.  PHOTOS WERE TAKEN BY THE AIRPORT RESPONSE TEAM THAT SHOWED THE TIRE SKID MARKS ON THE GROUND WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED.

AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT THE FLIGHT CREW WAS PROPERLY CERTIFICATED AND ALL DOCUMENTS WERE ON HAND.

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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