# Incident 20021213037189I: Airbus A330323, Philadelphia, PA, December 13, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 13, 2002, 21:30 local time
- Place: Philadelphia, PA
- Airport: Philadelphia International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 39.8721° N, 75.2407° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHILADELPHIA INTL (PHL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8721&lon=-75.2407&mi=10
- Aircraft: N676UW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A330323
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021213037189I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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