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Airport Airtanker Wing Tip Strike 2016

  • Incident Information:

    Airport Airtanker Wing Tip Strike RLS

  • Location:

    Tennessee

  • Date:

    11/30/2016

  • Incident Type:

    Fixed Wing Incident

  • Description:

    At the Tri-Cities Regional Airport in Blountsville, Tennessee on the evening of Nov. 23, 2016, a corporate Gulfstream Jet (Gulf Stream 4) taxied between another private business jet (Lear Jet) and Tanker 41 (T41), resulting in the underside of the Gulfstream jet’s left wing tip winglet striking the entire width of the underside port wing tip of Tanker 41—causing damage to the air tanker’s left wing aileron, wing tip, camera shroud, and leading edge hot wing.

    Fixed Wing, Aviation, Fixed Wing Incident or Accident, RLS

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