# Incident 19950315008929I: Boeing 737200, Raleigh-Durham, NC, March 15, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 1995, 20:20 local time
- Place: Raleigh-Durham, NC
- Airport: Raleigh-Durham International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: A6XA
- Location: 35.8776° N, 78.7875° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RALEIGH-DURHAM INTL (RDU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8776&lon=-78.7875&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4515W (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737200
- People aboard: 46
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950315008929I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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