# Incident 19990223015349I: Boeing 747*, Los Angeles, CA, February 23, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 1999, 13:03 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Los Angeles International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: ANZF
- Location: 33.9425° N, 118.4080° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOS ANGELES INTL (LAX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9425&lon=-118.4080&mi=10
- Aircraft: ZKSUH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990223015349I

## Narrative

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

(-5) AIR NEW ZEALAND FLIGHT 0021 RECEIVED PUSH-BACK CLEARANCE FROM GATE 23, TERMINAL TWO, FROM LAX GROUND CONTROL. DURING PUSH-BACK THE RIGHT WINGLET OF NZ002A CAME INTO CONTACT, AND SHEARED OFF, TWO STATIC WICKS ON THE AFT SECTION OF THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER OF A SOUTH WEST AIRLINES B-737, PARKED AT GATE 2, TERMINAL ONE. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO NZ002A. DAMAGE TO THE SOUTH WEST AIRCRAFT WAS MINOR, BOTH WICKS WERE REPLACED BY SOUTH WEST MAINTANCE.

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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