20250116000242I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 525 · West Palm Beach, FL · January 16, 2025

Date
January 16, 2025 · 15:00 local
Place
West Palm Beach, FL
Airport
Palm Beach International
Phase of flight
Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision
Collision on the ground
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N513RV
Reported as
Cessna 525
Reported engine
Williams FJ-44 series
People aboard
0
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor

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.

Aircraft privacy data omitted taxied off of taxiway lima onto taxiway echo and onto jet aviation's ramp at a high rate of speed. While turning onto the ramp from echo, witnesses said that the aircraft shut down both engines prior to making a full stop. Line service marshaller stated that he was trying to get the pilot's attention and signal him to slow down, but the pilot did not make eye contact with the marshaller. The aircraft approached a parked aircraft privacy data omitted and struck the left wing of that aircraft. The pilot of privacy data omitted stated that marshaller didn't indicate that he was too close to another aircraft and that there was not a wing walker present. The parked aircraft was chocked and had cones placed at both wing tips, nose and tail. The ramp did not have many aircraft parked on it that day.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TAXIED OFF OF TAXIWAY LIMA ONTO TAXIWAY ECHO AND ONTO JET AVIATION'S RAMP AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. WHILE TURNING ONTO THE RAMP FROM ECHO, WITNESSES SAID THAT THE AIRCRAFT SHUT DOWN BOTH ENGINES PRIOR TO MAKING A FULL STOP. LINE SERVICE MARSHALLER STATED THAT HE WAS TRYING TO GET THE PILOT'S ATTENTION AND SIGNAL HIM TO SLOW DOWN, BUT THE PILOT DID NOT MAKE EYE CONTACT WITH THE MARSHALLER. THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED A PARKED AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND STRUCK THE LEFT WING OF THAT AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT MARSHALLER DIDN'T INDICATE THAT HE WAS TOO CLOSE TO ANOTHER AIRCRAFT AND THAT THERE WAS NOT A WING WALKER PRESENT. THE PARKED AIRCRAFT WAS CHOCKED AND HAD CONES PLACED AT BOTH WING TIPS, NOSE AND TAIL. THE RAMP DID NOT HAVE MANY AIRCRAFT PARKED ON IT THAT DAY.

Other aircraft in the event · 1

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