# Incident 20211220019271I: Gulfstream Aerospace G-IV, Lihue, HI, December 20, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 2021, 08:25 local time
- Place: Lihue, HI
- Airport: Lihue
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: K95A
- Location: 21.9760° N, 159.3390° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LIHUE (LIH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.9760&lon=-159.3390&mi=10
- Aircraft: N403TB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N403TB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gulfstream Aerospace G-IV (registry code 3980115, https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-aerospace-g-iv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce TAY-611SER (registry code 54561, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-tay-611ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE G-IV
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC TAY 611SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 21,000 total, 1,367 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211220019271I

## Narrative

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

ON 12/20/21 THE AIRCREW OF CITATION JET N403TB WAS CONDUCTING AN AIRCRAFT REPOSITIONING FLIGHT. WHILE TAXIING FROM PARKING AT LIHUE AIRPORT ON KAUAI, CITATION JET N403TB LEFT WINGTIP CONTACTED THE NOSE CONE OF N51VE DURING TAXI RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO BOTH AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N403TB (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20090223025809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090223025809I), Feb 23, 2009: Gulfstream G-IV (N403TB), Providenciales, No damage. N403TB was conducting a charter from tapa to kilm when they noticed smoke coming from the cargo compartment. They diverted to and landed at Providenciales…

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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