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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Airbus A330300 · Boston, MA · February 19, 2003

Date: February 19, 2003 · 14:30 local
Place: Boston, MA
Airport: General Edward Lawrence Logan
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
Operator: MEDF
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: EIDUB
Reported as: Airbus A330300
People aboard: 8
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 16,069 total4,836 in this make and model59 in the last 90 days

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) privacy data omitted shamrock 133 landed bos runway 22L and was cleared to taxi to the international terminal gate E-5 via taxiway zulu. ATIS reported high windrows on numerous taxiways on the airport. The bos ATIS was reporting taxiway zulu closed. The ground controller instructed shamrock 133 to utilize either zulu or lima and advised to use caution due to windrows along the outer edges of the taxiway. Shamrock 133 elected to utilize taxiway zulu which he felt had enough clearance from the snowbanks to safely access the ramp. The captain was unaware the number one engine had impacted the windrow until advised by the maintenance manager upon arrival at the gate.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SHAMROCK 133 LANDED BOS RUNWAY 22L AND WAS CLEARED TO TAXI TO THE INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL GATE E-5 VIA TAXIWAY ZULU. ATIS REPORTED HIGH WINDROWS ON NUMEROUS TAXIWAYS ON THE AIRPORT. THE BOS ATIS WAS REPORTING TAXIWAY ZULU CLOSED. THE GROUND CONTROLLER INSTRUCTED SHAMROCK 133 TO UTILIZE EITHER ZULU OR LIMA AND ADVISED TO USE CAUTION DUE TO WINDROWS ALONG THE OUTER EDGES OF THE TAXIWAY. SHAMROCK 133 ELECTED TO UTILIZE TAXIWAY ZULU WHICH HE FELT HAD ENOUGH CLEARANCE FROM THE SNOWBANKS TO SAFELY ACCESS THE RAMP. THE CAPTAIN WAS UNAWARE THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE HAD IMPACTED THE WINDROW UNTIL ADVISED BY THE MAINTENANCE MANAGER UPON ARRIVAL AT THE GATE.