# Incident 20020214003979I: Boeing 747400, Los Angeles, CA, February 14, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 2002, 23:02 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: BRAF
- 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: GBYGC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747400
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020214003979I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AS AIRCRAFT TAXIED AWAY FROM LAX JETWAY #208, THE LEFT WINGLET CONTACTED THE JETWAY. THE ACFT TAXIED TO GATE 218 WHERE PAX DEPLANED. NO INJURIES TO PAX OR CREW. LOS ANGELES AIRPORT POLICE REPORT #02-10179, PAGE 6 STATES THE CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT WAS: 1. CAPTAIN GLASS DID NOT ENSURE ENOUGH CLEARANCE BETWEEN ACFT AND JETWAY ON TAXIOUT. 2. MS. SUSAN GENTRY TAYLOR (DUTY MGR. FOR BRITISH AIRWAYS, LAX) DID NOT MOVE THE JETWAY (WHEELS) INTO ITS YELLOW RECTANGULAR PARKING SPOT. 3. MR. JOHN ANTHONY ARNOLD (ASSISTING) MS. TAYLOR ALSO DID NOT ENSURE ACFT/JETWAY CLEARANCE. ACFT WINGLET WAS REMOVED AND ACFT FLEW CDL TO LONDON, ENGLAND W/PAX ON 02/15/2002 FOR PERMANENT REPAIRS. LAX AIRFIELD OPS OUTLINED THE WHEELS OF THE TAXIWAY OUTSIDE ITS PARKINGSPOT.

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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