# Incident 19991212036459I: Boeing 747400, Honolulu, HI, December 12, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 1999, 01:15 local time
- Place: Honolulu, HI
- Airport: Honolulu International Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: SCOF
- Location: 21.3069° N, 157.8583° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Honolulu, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.3069&lon=-157.8583&mi=10
- Aircraft: N751PR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N751PR-2009-01-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 747-4F6 (registry code 1384948, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-4f6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF6-80 series (registry code 30025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf6-80-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747400
- Pilot flight hours: 7,914 total, 754 in this make and model, 213 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991212036459I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 12, 1999, PHILIPPINE AIRLINES B 747-400 STRUCK AN AMERICAN AIRLINES BAGGAGE CART WHILE BEING MARSHALED INTO HONOLULU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, GATE 17, BY CONTRACT MAINTENANCE MECHANICS FROM ALOHO AIRLINES (TSAA) AIDED BY WORLDWIDE FLIGHT SERVICES, INC. (WORLDWIDE) WING WALKERS.  THE ARRIVAL MECHANICS WERE NOT READY TO RECEIVE THE AIRCRAFT SO ONE OF THEM LEFT THE GATE TO GET THE REQUIRED CHOCKS AT GATE 19.  THE OTHER TSAA MECHANIC BEGAN THE MARSHALING OF THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE WING WALKERS FROM WORLDWIDE IN P[LACE.  WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF OF THE WAY UP THE GUIDE-IN LINE IT STRUCK THE AMERICAN AIRLINES BAGGAGE CART BEFORE THE WING WALKERS WERE ABLE TO ALERT THE MARSHALLER OF THE PENDING COLLISION.  THE DAMAGE WAS ISOLATED TO THE #1 ENGINE INLET, FAN COWL, REVERSER COWL AND THE DRAIN MAST WITHOUT ANY DAMAGE TO THE PYLON OR WING.  THE AMERICAN AIRLINES CART WAS DAMAGED IN THE CENTER AREA OF THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE ROOF.  CORRECTIVE ACTION PLANNED BY CHDO UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

## Other reports on N751PR (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20050218002669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050218002669I), Feb 18, 2005: Boeing 7474F6 (N751PR), Los Angeles, CA, Minor damage. (-23) [privacy data omitted] during interview, flight crew stated they were being directed, during initial taxi from lax west remote gate, by ground employee…
- [Accident 19990606046809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990606046809A), Jun 6, 1999: Boeing 7474F6 (N751PR), Los Angeles, CA, No damage. (-23)On June 6, 1999, about 2316 hours PDT, philippine airlines flight 103, a Boeing 747-400 aircraft, N751PR, collided with corsair flight 942, a Boeing…
- [Incident 19950217004629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950217004629I), Feb 17, 1995: Boeing 747* (N751PR), Honolulu, HI, Substantial damage. Narrative: the aircraft was taxiing east past gate 29 when it turned north to park at gate 25. The American airlines cargo loader was also traveling east…

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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