20011215036639I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Airbus A319-112 · Boston, MA · December 15, 2001

Date
December 15, 2001 · 10:01 local
Place
Boston, MA
Airport
General Edward Lawrence Logan
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
USAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N757UW
Reported as
Airbus A319112
Pilot’s flight hours
19,203 total1,103 in this make and model153 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The captain set the parking brake with the engines running, after the chocks were in place; the captain released the parking brake before engine shut-down and the a/c moved forward striking the tug.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE CAPTAIN SET THE PARKING BRAKE WITH THE ENGINES RUNNING, AFTER THE CHOCKS WERE IN PLACE; THE CAPTAIN RELEASED THE PARKING BRAKE BEFORE ENGINE SHUT-DOWN AND THE A/C MOVED FORWARD STRIKING THE TUG.