# Incident 20030401006569I: Boeing 747422, Los Angeles, CA, April 1, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 2003, 04:30 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Los Angeles International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N182UA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N182UA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 747-422 (registry code 1384935, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-422) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW2040 (registry code 52121, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw2040) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747422
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030401006569I

## Narrative

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

(-23) "INDUSTRIAL INCIDENT-NO INTENT TO FLY". AIRCRAFT WAS REPOSITIONING FROM HANGAR TO GATE 69B PER UAL MOVE SLIP. TOW CREW CONSISTS OF TUG DRIVER AND BRAKE RIDER. UAL PROCEDURE DOES NOT REQUIRE WING TO TAIL WALKERS. REVIEW OF UAL RECORDS OF MOVE SLIPS ON INCIDENT DATE REVEAL THAT GATE 69B HAD BEEN ASSIGNED TO TWO AIRCRAFT SIMULTANEOUSLY, AN ERROR ON UAL DISPATCH'S PART. LAX-UAL PROCEDURES REQUIRE TOW CREW VERIFY GATE ASSIGNMENT IN TRANSIT. HOWEVER, CONFUSION IN THIS AREA HAD BEEN CAUSED BY SEVERAL PROCEDURAL CHANGES WITH REGARD TO AIRCRAFT MOVEMENT AT LAX. THE TUG DRIVER STOPPED THE MOVEMENT OF AIRCRAFT INTO GATE 69B WHEN HE REALIZED THERE WAS NO MARKINGS FOR A 747 TYPE AIRCRAFT AT THIS GATE, GATE 69B CANNOT ACCOMMODATE A B-747. THE TUG DRIVER THEN NOTICED THE DAMAGE TO THE #4 ENGINE CAUSED BY THE ENGINE HITTING THE AIR CONDITIONING CART THAT HAD BEEN PARKED OUTSIDE THE AIRCRAFT PARKING ENVELOPE. TOW CREW REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE TO UAL MAINTENANCE MANAGER AND TO LAX AIRPORT POLICE, NO DAMAGE TO AIRPORT PROPERTY. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO UAL HANGAR FOR DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND REPAIRS. TUG DRIVER AND BRAKE RIDER WERE SENT FOR DRUG/ALCOHOL TESTING AND PLACED ON LEAVE PENDING UAL INVESTIGATION.

## Other reports on N182UA (2)

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

- [Accident 20020501035849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020501035849A), May 1, 2002: Boeing 747422 (N182UA), Sidney, AS, Minor damage. (-23) The following is a synopsis of the turbulence incident that occurred on may 1, 2002 of ual flight 862. The information was compiled from the statements…
- [Incident 19920412009589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920412009589I), Apr 12, 1992: Boeing 747422 (N182UA), San Francisco, CA. Aborted takeoff due to smoke alarms activating. Evacuated. Smoke from oil in APU bleed duct.

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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