# Incident 20260625007629I: Gulfstream GLF4, Orlando, FL, June 25, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 2026, 21:30 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Orlando Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5455° N, 81.3329° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO EXEC (ORL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5455&lon=-81.3329&mi=10
- Aircraft: XT-ABD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GULFSTREAM GLF4
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260625007629I

## Narrative

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

THE FLIGHT WAS INTERNATIONAL, ORIGINATING IN GVAC (AMILCAR CABRAL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT) IN CAPE VERDE TO KORL (ORLANDO EXECUTIVE) ON A FERRY PERMIT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION AGENCY IN BURKINA FASO TO RECEIVE REPAIRS AND CONDUCT AN ANNUAL INSPECTION WITH A FACILITY AT ORLANDO EXECUTIVE.  THREE PEOPLE WERE ON BOARD THE FLIGHT; THE PIC, SIC, AND MAINTENANCE ENGINEER FOR KANGALA AIR EXPRESS.  AFTER LANDING AND WHILE TAXIING TO THE CUSTOMS RAMP, THE PILOT WAS FOLLOWING GROUND PAINTED DIRECTIONS WHEN HE STRUCK A LIGHT POLE WITH THE TIP OF THE RIGHT WING CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LANDING/NAVIGATION LIGHT HOUSING AND LEADING EDGE OF THE WING TIP.  THE LIGHT POLE ALSO RECEIVED DAMAGE IN THE FORM OF A DENT APPROXIMATELY 6 FEET UP FROM GROUND LEVEL AND APPROXIMATELY A 5 DEGREE LEAN WHICH CAUSED THE POLE TO SLIGHTLY SEPARATE FROM THE BASE.  BOTH PILOTS LEFT THE U.S. SHORTLY AFTER THE INCIDENT AND WERE UNABLE TO BE INTERVIEWED.   AN AIRPORT OPERATIONS MANAGER FOR ORLANDO EXECUTIVE STATED THE PIC REPORTED CONFUSING THE ADVENT HEALTH HELICOPTER HANGAR FOR THE CBP OFFICE, AND UPON REALIZING HIS MISTAKE ATTEMPTED TO TURN BACK TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE EAST RAMP TO FOLLOW THE TEMPORARY CBP DIRECTION MARKINGS AND MISJUDGED THE TURN STRIKING THE LIGHT POLE.

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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