# Accident 20030119000599A: Airbus A319114, New York, NY, January 19, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 2003, 07:10 local time
- Place: New York, NY
- Airport: La Guardia
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 40.7772° N, 73.8726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAGUARDIA (LGA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7772&lon=-73.8726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N313NB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N313NB-2003-09-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus Industrie A319-114 (registry code 3930350, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a319-114) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A319114
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030119000599A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 01/19/2003, NWAA TERMINAL GATE #10, LAGUARDIA AIRPORT, 0710 LOCAL, FUEL ON BOARD AIRCRAFT APPROX 12000#, AIRCRAFT BEING TAXIED ON TO GATE BY LOCAL NWAA MECHANICS. DURING TAXI FROM OVERNIGHT PARKING AREA AT LAGUARDIA AIRPORT, NEW YORK, BY NWAA MECHANICS, AIRCRAFT STRUCK GATE #10 JETWAY, MECHANIC TAXIING AIRCRAFT ADVISES THAT AIRCRAFT WAS HOLDING ON GATE CENTER INE AWAITING MARSHALLERS. UPON MARSHALLERS OK FOR AIRCRAFT TO CONTINUE TO PARKING STOP LINE, MECHANIC TAXIING AIRCRAFT ADVANCED ENGINE THROTTLES FOR BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT ENGINES APPROX 2 INCHES, RAPID ACCELERATION OF BOTH ENGINES CAUSED AIRCRAFT TO BECOME UNCONTROLLABLE AND VEER OUT OF CONTROL. WITH EXCESSIVE SPEED OF AIRCRAFT, AIRCRAFT NOSE GEAR STRUCK TRACTOR VEHICLE PARKER IN DESIGNATED AREA, NOSE GEAR WAS SHEARED OFF AND AIRCRAFT VEERED TO LEFT OF CENTER LINE, #1 ENGINE, STRUCK GATE #10 JETWAY SUPPORT, JETWAY FELL ON TO #1 ENGINE PYLON AND UPPER CHORD OF LEFT WING, MAJOR DAMAGE INCURRED. IN ADDITION, NOSE OF AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP AT BASE OF JETWAY MAIN SUPPORT BASE. #1 AND 2 ENGINE INGESTED FOD, AND ENGINES CAME TO REST ON COWLINGS, LEFT WING STRUCK AIRCRAFT N550NW. A NWAA B-757 PARKED IN ADJACENT GATE #9, WING TIP AND LEADING EDGE OF WING ALONG WITH FRONT WING SPAR SUSTAINED HEAVY DAMAGE. DAMAGE EVALUATION STILL IN PROCESS. INJURIES: 3 EACH RAMP AGENTS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. 1 EACH TICKET AGENT SUSTAINED RIB INJURY. 1 MECHANIC SUSTAINED BACK INJURY. FLIGHT DATA RECORDED AND COCKPIT VOICE RECORDED REMOVED FROM AIRCRAFT AND SENT TO NTSB, WASHINGTON DC, FOR REVIEW.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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