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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 737200 · Raleigh-Durham, NC · March 15, 1995

Date: March 15, 1995 · 20:20 local
Place: Raleigh-Durham, NC
Airport: Raleigh-Durham International
Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: A6XA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4515W
Reported as: Boeing 737200
People aboard: 46
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 12,000 total

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.

Narrative: aircraft arrived at rdu from atl and taxied to parking uneventful. Gate agent was attempting to position the jet bridge with the cabin entrance/exit door with the right forward leading edge of the jet bridge contacted the surface of the aircraft and cut in to the fuselage skin approximately one inch in width and approximately six to eight inches in height. The damage was investigated by contract maintenance (aala) along with company personnel. Aircraft was ferried to another location for repairs. Incident still under investigation.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT ARRIVED AT RDU FROM ATL AND TAXIED TO PARKING UNEVENTFUL. GATE AGENT WAS ATTEMPTING TO POSITION THE JET BRIDGE WITH THE CABIN ENTRANCE/EXIT DOOR WITH THE RIGHT FORWARD LEADING EDGE OF THE JET BRIDGE CONTACTED THE SURFACE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND CUT IN TO THE FUSELAGE SKIN APPROXIMATELY ONE INCH IN WIDTH AND APPROXIMATELY SIX TO EIGHT INCHES IN HEIGHT. THE DAMAGE WAS INVESTIGATED BY CONTRACT MAINTENANCE (AALA) ALONG WITH COMPANY PERSONNEL. AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO ANOTHER LOCATION FOR REPAIRS. INCIDENT STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.