# Incident 20020406009929I: Boeing 747422, Los Angeles, CA, April 6, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 2002, 10:26 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: N191UA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N191UA-2005-06-06) (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
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020406009929I

## Narrative

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

(-23) UNITED AIRLINES INC. FLIGHT 816 WAS ARRIVING AT GATE 74 WITH A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. UPON ARRIVAL TO THE GATE THE 747-422 STRUCK THE LAX FIRE DEPARTMENT PARAMEDIC AMBULANCE, WHICH HAD RESPONDED. THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE STRUCK THE AMBULANCE PUSHING IT APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET. SUBSEQUENTLY THE AMBULANCE STRUCK TWO OTHER PIECES OF UAL GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO PASSENGERS, CREW OR ANY OTHER PERSONNEL. ON MAY 29, 2002, THE GATE CAPTAIN WAS INTERVIEWED REGARDING THIS INCIDENT. HE ADMITTED TO MAKING AN ASSUMPTION THE APRON WAS CLEAR AND DISPLAYED A COMPLIANT ATTITUDE. UAL MANAGEMENT IMPLEMENTED DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST THE GATE CAPTAIN. TO PREVENT FUTURE INCIDENTS OF THIS NATURE UAL HAS IMPLEMENTED ADDITIONAL AUDITS FOR SUPERVISORS TO MONITOR THIS PARTICULAR WORK FUNCTION. THIS INCIDENT HAS BEEN MADE A PART OF THE TRAINING FOR THIS JOB FUNCTION TO SHOW THE POTENTIAL OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN IF THE ENVELOPE IS NOT CLEARED PRIOR TO RECEIVING A FLIGHT. IN CONCLUSION THIS MATTER DOES NOT WARRANT LEGAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION.

## Other reports on N191UA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19951017047939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951017047939A), Oct 17, 1995: Boeing 747422 (N191UA), Pacific Ocean. (.4)Six passengers were injured during a severe turbulence encounter over the Pacific Ocean while the aircraft was in cruise at flight level FL330. The…

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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