# Incident 20030804016499I: Boeing 7572B7, Miami, FL, August 4, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2003, 14:00 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Miami International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 25.7954° N, 80.2901° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MIAMI INTL (MIA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7954&lon=-80.2901&mi=10
- Aircraft: N628AU (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7572B7
- Pilot flight hours: 2,154 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030804016499I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING TO THE GATE (H-10) TO DISEMBARK PASSENGERS, AND #1 ENGINE PYLON FAIRING MADE CONTACT WITH THE BOTTOM STRUCTURE OF THE JETWAY.

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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