# Incident 19980928036539I: Boeing 737322, San Jose, CA, September 28, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 1998, 09:30 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: San Jose International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 37.3394° N, 121.8950° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Jose, CA, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3394&lon=-121.8950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N369UA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N369UA-2011-04-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-322 (registry code 138447Y, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-322) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737322
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,161 total, 3,529 in this make and model, 227 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980928036539I

## Narrative

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

(-5)AT APPROXIMATELY 0930 PST, A BOEING 737, N369UA, FLIGHT 2622, OPERATED BY UNITED AIRLINES CONTACTED THE LEFT WING, WITH A PASSENGER LOADING STAND.  AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, A UNITED AIRLINE EMPLOYEE WAS SIGNALING THE AIRCRAFT INTO GATE C-4.  WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS COMING INTO THE GATE, THE LEFT WINGTIP STRUCK A PASSENGER STAND POSITIONED TO SERVICE THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT.  INITIALL, THE EMPLOYEE WAS OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GATE TO INDICATE TO THE FLIGHT CREW THAT THIS WAS THEIR GATE.  AT THIS POINT, THE EMPLOYEE CHECKED THE GATE AND THE STAND APPEARED TO BE CLEAR OF THE GATE AREA.  AS THE EMPLOYEE BACKED UP AND TO THE CAPTAINS SIDE TO GUIDE THE AIRCRAFT IN, HIS VIEW OF THE REAR STAND BECAME PARTIALLY BLOCKED BY THE FRONT PASSENGER STAND.  AS HE WAS REFERENCING THE STOP LINE FOR THE AIRCRAFT AND GUIDING IT, HE HEARD THE IMPACT, AND STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT.  THE LEFT WING SUSTAINED ONLY MINOR SCRAPES.  NO PILOT DEVIATION INVOLVED AND NO 8020-11 WAS GENERATED.  THIS CONCLUDES THIS INVESTIGATION, THEREFORE, THIS REPORT IS CLOSED.

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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