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Date
May 29, 2020 · 17:35 local
Place
San Juan, PR
Airport
Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N75CH
Reported as
Dassault-Breguet Falcon 50
Reported engine
Garrett TFE731 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
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 repositioning aircraft from terminal to parking pilot tried to make a left 180 degree turn in order to give way to a helicopter that was departing in the opposite way in the same ramp.
While executing the turn without wing walkers, the aircraft hit the army national guard aviation facility fence with the left wing tip, damaging the left wing tip and the fence gate.
As the FAA filed it
WHILE REPOSITIONING AIRCRAFT FROM TERMINAL TO PARKING PILOT TRIED TO MAKE A LEFT 180 DEGREE TURN IN ORDER TO GIVE WAY TO A HELICOPTER THAT WAS DEPARTING IN THE OPPOSITE WAY IN THE SAME RAMP.
WHILE EXECUTING THE TURN WITHOUT WING WALKERS, THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD AVIATION FACILITY FENCE WITH THE LEFT WING TIP, DAMAGING THE LEFT WING TIP AND THE FENCE GATE.