# Incident 20230829013792I: Raytheon Aircraft Company B300, Atlanta, GA, August 29, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2023, 13:15 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: Dekalb-Peachtree
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8760° N, 84.3020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DEKALB-PEACHTREE (PDK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8760&lon=-84.3020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N350TF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N350TF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon B300 (registry code 7150007, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-b300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY B300
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,531 in this make and model, 67 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230829013792I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 29, 2023, AT APPROXIMATELY 13:15 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A 1998 BEECHCRAFT KING AIR 350, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT OUTBOARD LEADING EDGE OF THE WING, WHILE TAXING ON THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FBO RAMP AT THE DEKALB-PEACHTREE AIRPORT (KPDK) IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA. AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING MARSHALLED TO A PARKING SPOT BY GROUND PERSONNEL, THE RIGHT WING OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STRUCK THE NOSE RADOME OF A PARKED 2010 GULFSTREAM G450, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE.

ON APRIL 29, 2023, AT APPROXIMATELY 14:30 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, AN FAA INSPECTOR FROM THE ATLANTA FSDO CONDUCTED AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PIC OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD JUST LANDED AND WAS TAXING TO A PARKING SPOT NEAR THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FBO.  ON THIS PARTICULAR DAY THE RAMP AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS UNUSUALLY CROWDED AND BUSY WITH OTHER PARKED AIRCRAFT. THIS WAS MOST LIKELY DUE TO HURRICANE IDALIA THAT WAS APPROACHING THE FLORIDA GULF COAST AND FORCED MOST AIRCRAFT IN THE FLORIDA AREA TO EVACUATE TO SAFER AIRPORTS. AS THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED THE PARKING RAMP, A MARSHALLER FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS DIRECTING THEM WHERE TO PARK. ACCORDING TO THE PIC, THE MARSHALLER MOTIONED THE AIRCRAFT TO PARK IN AN AREA THAT SEEMED EXTREMELY TIGHT AND SURROUNDED BY OTHER AIRCRAFT.  HOWEVER, THE PIC PROCEEDED AS DIRECTED. AS THE AIRCRAFT MADE ITS FINAL TURN INTO THE PARKING SPOT, THE PIC STATED THAT HE LOOKED FOR A WING WALKER TO HELP GUIDE HIM AND CLEAR HIS RIGHT WING FROM THE PARKED GULFSTREAM G450.  HOWEVER, THE MARSHALLER WAS ON HIS LEFT WING, SO THE PIC CALLED OUT TO HIS SIC TO ENSURE THE WING TIP WAS CLEAR OF ALL OBSTACLES. AT THE SAME TIME THE MARSHALLER WAS MOTIONING FOR THE PIC TO CONTINUE FORWARD AS THE SIC STATED THAT THE RIGHT WING WAS CLEAR. TWO SECONDS LATER THE RIGHT WING STRUCK THE NOSE RADOME OF THE GULFSTREAM G450, LEAVING A CREASE THAT RESULTED IN MINOR DAMAGE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT LEADING OUTBOARD EDGE OF THE WING AND A CUT IN THE DEICING BOOT. NO OTHER VISIBLE DAMAGE NOTED...

## Other aircraft in the event

- N803AG, Gulfstream Aerospace GIV-X (G450): no report for this aircraft; [N803AG](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N803AG) is registered now

## Other reports on N350TF (1)

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

- [Incident 20160129000899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160129000899I), Jan 29, 2016: Raytheon Aircraft Company B300 (N350TF), Substantial damage. During the preflight inspection the PIC elected to check the cold oil level via the dipstick on each engine, contrary to the POH which states to check it hot.…

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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