20250413004629I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Embraer Executive EMB-505 · Lexington, KY · April 13, 2025

Date
April 13, 2025 · 14:21 local
Place
Lexington, KY
Airport
Bluegrass
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N505LF
Reported as
Embraer Executive EMB-505
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW535E
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
4,947 total742 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

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.

privacy data omittedWas parked in the back of the east ramp at lex. The pilot stated he copied his IFR clearance to ftw at 1819Z. privacy data omitted Requested taxi from the ramp to runway 22 at 1821Z. At 1824Z, a phone call from Bluegrass Airport operations informing the tower they had been informed the aircraft taxied into the grass as they were leaving their parking spot and damaged one of the main landing gear doors. The information was passed to the pilot at 1825Z when they were on taxiway charlie. The pilot elected to return to the ramp and inspect the damage which was confirmed.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^WAS PARKED IN THE BACK OF THE EAST RAMP AT LEX. THE PILOT STATED HE COPIED HIS IFR CLEARANCE TO FTW AT 1819Z. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REQUESTED TAXI FROM THE RAMP TO RUNWAY 22 AT 1821Z. AT 1824Z, A PHONE CALL FROM BLUEGRASS AIRPORT OPERATIONS INFORMING THE TOWER THEY HAD BEEN INFORMED THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED INTO THE GRASS AS THEY WERE LEAVING THEIR PARKING SPOT AND DAMAGED ONE OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR DOORS. THE INFORMATION WAS PASSED TO THE PILOT AT 1825Z WHEN THEY WERE ON TAXIWAY CHARLIE. THE PILOT ELECTED TO RETURN TO THE RAMP AND INSPECT THE DAMAGE WHICH WAS CONFIRMED.