# Incident 20001005031799I: Boeing 747422, Los Angeles, CA, October 5, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 2000, 14:00 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Los Angeles International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- 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: N122UA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N122UA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 747-422 (registry code 1384935, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-422) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW4000 series (registry code 52119, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw4000-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747422
- People aboard: 367
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001005031799I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON OCTOBER 5, 2000 AT APPROX 1343, UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT 1, A BOEING 747-422, WAS TAXING FOR DEPARTURE RUNWAY 25 RIGHT, WAS INSTRUCTED TO TAXI VIA TAXIWAY BRAVO, TAXIWAY CHARLIE 4, AND TAXIWAY CHARLIE. AT TAXIWAY CHARLIE 4, THE AIRCRAFTS NUMBER 1 ENGINE STRUCK A UNITED AIRLINES STEP VAN WITH 3 OCCUPANTS.  THE VAN HAD DEPARTED THE TERMINAL GOING TO THE UNITED MAINTENANCE HANGAR AND WAS ON THE SERVICE ROAD BETWEEN TAXIWAY BRAVO AND CHARLIE.  AT THIS TIME OUR INVESTIGATION INDICATES THAT THE VAN DID NOT YIELD THE RIGHT OF WAY TO THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS STOPPED BEYOND THE STOP FOR AIRCRAFT SIGN.  THE VANS DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO REVERSE BUT THE VAN DID NOT RESPOND.  AFTER CONTACT WITH THE AIRCRAFTS NUMBER 1 ENGINE, THE VAN ROLLED WITH NO INJURY TO THE OCCUPANTS.  THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO GATE 76 AND THE PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED.  INSPECTION OF THE NUMBER 1 ENGINE REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE NOSE COWL AND ENGINE WERE REMOVED FOR REPLACEMENT AND SUBSEQUENT PYLON INSPECTION PERFORMED.  AN INVESTIGATION UNITED AIRLINES AND THIS OFFICE ALONG WITH A WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM EYE WITNESS ^PRIVACY DATA O^ ESTABLISHED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED WELL BEYOND THE STOP FOR AIRCRAFT SIGN.  THE VEHICLE DRI VER WAS GIVEN A ONE WEEK SUSPENSION WITHOUT PAY. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE ON OCTOBER 9, 2000, AFTER REPLACEMENT OF THE ENGINE, NOSE COWL, FAN COWLS, AND PYLON FUSE PINS.  THIS OFFICE CONSIDERS THIS MATTER 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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