# Incident 20230623005809I: Bombardier Inc BD-700-1A10, Brownsville, TX, June 23, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 2023, 23:22 local time
- Place: Brownsville, TX
- Airport: Brownsville/South Padre Island
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: 7SSA
- Location: 25.9061° N, 97.4260° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROWNSVILLE/SOUTH PADRE ISLAND INTL (BRO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9061&lon=-97.4260&mi=10
- Aircraft: N373VB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N373VB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bombardier BD-700-1A10 (registry code 1390006, https://openairdocs.org/model/bombardier-bd-700-1a10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce Deutschland BR700-710A220 (registry code 54004, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-deutschland-br700-710a220) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOMBARDIER INC BD-700-1A10
- Reported engine: ROLLS DEUT BR700-710A220
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 10,714 total, 302 in this make and model, 69 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230623005809I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM SCDA TO KBRO FOR U.S. CUSTOMS INSPECTION AND ARRIVED AT 2322 LOCAL.

PILOT IN COMMAND (P.I.C), INDICATED THEY WERE LATE FROM DEPARTURE DUE TO PASSENGER.

UPON LANDING, AIRCRAFT WAS ASKED TO PARK AT THE U.S. CUSTOMS RAMP AT KBRO.  CO-PILOT INDICATED SHE KNEW WHERE TO PARK THE AIRCRAFT.

FLIGHT CREW ASKED FOR GROUND CREW FOR MARSHALLING INTO SPOT, NO ONE SHOWED UP TO GUIDE THE AIRCRAFT TO THE FINAL LOCATION.  P.I.C DECIDED TO PARK THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE SPOT INDICATED BY ATC.

BASED ON THE VIDEO PROVIDED BY THE PIC. THE PARKING RAMP FOR THE U.S. CUSTOMS HAD NO LIGHTS TURN ON FOR THE AIRCRAFT FINAL LOCATION.  THE PERIMETER FENCE APPEARS TO BE 4 TO 5 FEET THEN IT CHANGES TO AN 8 FOOT FENCE.  DUE TO THE SURROUNDINGS LIGHTS THAT ARE ON MAKES THE FENCE OBSCURE IN THE LIGHT POLLUTION.

P.I.C. INDICATED DUE TO THE LONG FLIGHT AND ARRIVING AT KBRO, THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY MADE IT DIFFICULT TO SEE AS THEY ENTERED THE U.S. CUSTOMS RAMP TO PARK THE AIRCRAFT.

P.I.C. ESTIMATED HE HAD THE PROPER CLEARANCE WHEN MAKING THE TURN TO PROCEED TO THE FINAL LOCATION.  AS HE MADE THE TURN THE AIRCRAFT SWEPT WING WAS MISLEADING THE LEFT WING TIP SCRAPE THE FENCE CAUSING THE DAMAGE TO THE LIGHT ASSEMBLIES AND PLEXIGLAS PANEL TO THE LIGHTS.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.