# NTSB CEN16WA397: Bombardier BD 700 1A10, N683GA, George Town, Cayman Islands, March 25, 2016

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: March 25, 2016, 03:45 local (03:45 UTC)
- Place: George Town, Cayman Islands
- Coordinates: 19.295, -81.358329 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=19.2950&lon=-81.3583&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Taxi: Prop/jet/rotor blast/suction](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/082)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 94662
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN16WA397
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/94662/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16WA397

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Taxi: Prop/jet/rotor blast/suction](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/082) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 44 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/082/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On March 25, 2016, about 0345 coordinated universal time, an unoccupied Saab 340B airplane, VP-CKI, encountered jet blast from a taxiing Bombardier Global Express BD-700-1A10 airplane, N683GA, at the Owen Roberts International Airport, George Town, Cayman Islands. As a result of the blast, the Saab 340B contacted ground equipment causing damage to its left underwing, left engine spinner, and left propeller. N683GA was not damaged.The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the government of the United Kingdom. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the United Kingdom. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Farnborough House Berkshire Copse Road Aldershot, Hampshire GU11 2HH, United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1252 510300 Fax: +44 (0)1252 376999 https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/air-accidents-investigation-branch

## Aircraft

- Registration: N683GA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOMBARDIER INC BD 700 1A10 (NO SERIES)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 9134
- Year built: 2003
- Engines: ROLLS-ROYC BR 700 SERIES; ROLLS-ROYC BR 700 SERIES
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Registered owner: Lmi II LLC

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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