# Incident 20000902040129I: Boeing 747200F, Los Angeles, CA, September 2, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2000, 23:30 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Los Angeles International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: CAAF
- 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: B2448 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747200F
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000902040129I

## Narrative

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

(-23)CAAF 9983 WAS TAXING INTO A PARKING SPOT BETWEEN 2 PARKED B-747'S. THE PARKED B-747 TO THE LEFT OF CAAF 9983 WAS 4-8 FEET RIGHT OF CENTERLINE.  CAAF 9983 FOLLOWED A LEFT TURN SIGNAL MORE ABRUPTLY AND  AGGRESSIVELY THAN THE NWAA MARSHALLER EXPECTED.  THE MARSHALLER THEN ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT THE SITUATION WITH A TURN TO THE RIGHT, A TURN WHICH CAUSED THE LEFT WINGTIP OF CAAF9983 TO MOVE FORWARD AND OUTBOARD, RESULTING IN CONTACT BETWEEN THE LEFT WINGTIP OF CAAF 9983 AND THE RIGHT WINGTIP OF THE NWAA B-747 PARKED TO THE LEFT.  THE LEFT WINGWALKER SIGNALLED A STOP APPROXIMATELY 5 SECONDS PRIOR TO CONTACT.  THE WINGWALKERS WANDS WERE UNLIGHTED.  THE MARSHALLER  HAS TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE INCIDENT, RECOGNIZING PROPER ACTION WOULD HAVE BEEN TO SIGNAL A STOP, AND THEN TO TOW THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE REDUCED CLEARANCE PARKING SPOT.  NWAA HAS INITIATED DISCIPLINARY AND EDUCATIONAL ACTION.

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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