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) Ual 260 was instructed to hold in the "b" pad, since no gate was available. The flight parked improperly in the pad, with its nose wheels approximately twenty feet past the "b" pad hold line. Ual 154 (a B-747-422, N188UA) instructed to hold short of "b" bridge until ual 260 was in the pad and then was cleared to the gate. Ual 154 struck wingtips with ual 260, damaging both. privacy data omitted
As the FAA filed it
(-23) UAL 260 WAS INSTRUCTED TO HOLD IN THE "B" PAD, SINCE NO GATE WAS AVAILABLE. THE FLIGHT PARKED IMPROPERLY IN THE PAD, WITH ITS NOSE WHEELS APPROXIMATELY TWENTY FEET PAST THE "B" PAD HOLD LINE. UAL 154 (A B-747-422, N188UA) INSTRUCTED TO HOLD SHORT OF "B" BRIDGE UNTIL UAL 260 WAS IN THE PAD AND THEN WAS CLEARED TO THE GATE. UAL 154 STRUCK WINGTIPS WITH UAL 260, DAMAGING BOTH. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^
Other reports on N797UA · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.