20021213037189I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Airbus A330323 · Philadelphia, PA · December 13, 2002

Date
December 13, 2002 · 21:30 local
Place
Philadelphia, PA
Airport
Philadelphia International
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
USAA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N676UW
Reported as
Airbus A330323

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) On dec. 12, 2002 during the pushback process of flight 126, aircraft N676UW, an A-330-323 from remote spot R-5, (with 131 passengers and 11 crewmembers on the aircraft) the left winglet top section trailing edge made contact with aircraft N675 also an A-330-323, flight 894. The left winglet of N676UW contacted the APU exhaust and tail cone section of aircraft N675US causing substantial damage. N675US (with 244 passengers and 11 crewmembers) was parked at gate A-10 when the incident occurred. There were no reported injuries to passengers or crew members.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON DEC. 12, 2002 DURING THE PUSHBACK PROCESS OF FLIGHT 126, AIRCRAFT N676UW, AN A-330-323 FROM REMOTE SPOT R-5, (WITH 131 PASSENGERS AND 11 CREWMEMBERS ON THE AIRCRAFT) THE LEFT WINGLET TOP SECTION TRAILING EDGE MADE CONTACT WITH AIRCRAFT N675 ALSO AN A-330-323, FLIGHT 894. THE LEFT WINGLET OF N676UW CONTACTED THE APU EXHAUST AND TAIL CONE SECTION OF AIRCRAFT N675US CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. N675US (WITH 244 PASSENGERS AND 11 CREWMEMBERS) WAS PARKED AT GATE A-10 WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES TO PASSENGERS OR CREW MEMBERS.