# Incident 20000904030749I: Boeing 777222, San Francisco, CA, September 4, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2000, 19:57 local time
- Place: San Francisco, CA
- Airport: San Francisco International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 37.6188° N, 122.3754° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN FRANCISCO INTL (SFO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6188&lon=-122.3754&mi=10
- Aircraft: N217UA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N217UA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 777-222 (registry code 1385219, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-777-222) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW4000 series (registry code 52119, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw4000-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 777222
- Reported engine: PWA PW4090
- Pilot flight hours: 15,358 total, 705 in this make and model, 81 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000904030749I

## Narrative

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

(-23)AS AIRCRAFT WAS BEING TOWED BACK TO THE GATE, THE TOW BAR BROKE AND AIRCRAFT CONTACTED TUG WITH RIGHT ENGINE. THE ENGINE WAS NOT RUNNING.  THE RIGHT ENGINE NACELLE AND INLET COWL WERE DAMAGED.  WHEN THE TOW BAR BROKE, IT DISCONNECTED THE INTERPHONE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE FLIGHT CREW AND THE TUG DRIVER AND COMMUNICATION WAS LOST.

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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