# Incident 20040306008239I: Airbus A319111, Atlantic City, NJ, March 6, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 2004, 01:30 local time
- Place: Atlantic City, NJ
- Airport: Atlantic City International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: F3LA
- Location: 39.4576° N, 74.5772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ATLANTIC CITY INTL (ACY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4576&lon=-74.5772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N922FR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A319111
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 586 in this make and model, 275 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040306008239I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 6, 2004, AT APPROXIMATELY 01:30 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A AIRBUS A-319-111 AIRCRAFT, REGISTERED AS N922FR, OPERATED BY FRONTIER AIRLINES AS FLIGHT 9992 HIT A JETWAY WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TAXI UNDER POWER FROM GATE #1 AT ATLANTIC CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, NJ (KACY). THE REPOSITIONING FLIGHT DID NOT HAVE ANY PASSENGERS AND ONLY THE TWO MAN FLIGHT CREW AND TWO FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WERE ON BOARD AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT HAD PREVIOUSLY DIVERTED TO KACY WHILE ENROUTE FROM DENVER (KDEN) TO LA GUARDIA (KLGA) DUE TO SEVERE WEATHER. FRONTIER AIRLINES DOES NOT NORMALLY OPERATE INTO KACY AND ASSISTANCE IN GROUND HANDLING WAS OBTAINED FROM SPIRIT AIRLINES. SPIRIT AIRLINES ALSO DOES NOT ROUTINELY HANDLE AIRBUS EQUIPMENT. THE CREW WAS UNABLE TO PROCURE USE OF THE FIXED BASE OPERATOR'S (FBO) AIRBUS A-319/A-320 AIRBUS TOW BAR (MIDLANTIC JET) FOR REASONS THAT COULD NOT BE CLARIFIED DEVELOPED BY THIS INVESTIGATION AND INSTEAD ELECTED TO TAXI WHILE UNDER POWER FROM THE GATE. STATEMENTS FROM SPIRIT AIRLINES GROUND CREW PERSONNEL INDICATE THAT THE CREW WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT IN TIME SHORTLY AFTER AN EMERGENCY STOP SIGNAL WAS GIVEN. THIS HAD BEEN GIVEN BY RELAY METHOD TO THE AIRCRAFT MARSHALLER BY A PERSON POSITIONED AT THE LEFT WING. THE PILOT ALSO STATED THAT HIS ATTENTION WAS FOCUSED ON THE SIGNALS FROM THE MARSHALLER WHO WAS CALLING FOR THE CREW TO MAKE A HARD RIGHT HAND TURN AND WHILE DOING SO, FELT THE LEFT WING STRIKE THE JETWAY. THE ON-SCENE INVESTIGATION CONFIRMED THAT THE LEFT WING TIP HIT THE JETWAY CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING TIP FENCE AND LEFT POSITION/STROBE LIGHT ASSEMBLY. FRONTIER AIRLINES MAINTENANCE CONTROL WAS NOTIFIED AND MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL WERE DISPATCHED. THE WINGTIP ASSEMBLY WAS REMOVED AND THE LIGHT ASSEMBLY REPLACED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO DENVER UNDER A SPECIAL FLIGHT PERMIT WHERE FURTHER REPAIRS WERE ACCOMPLISHED. THIS INVESTIGATION IS CONSIDERED CLOSED. THE CONTENTS OF THE INVESTIGATIVE PACKAGE HAS BEEN FORWARDED TO THE OPERATIONS UNIT SUPERVISOR FOR HIS REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION. FRONTIER AIRLINES PERSONNEL AND SPIRIT AIRLINES COOPERATED TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO DEVELOP THE AFOREMENTIONED FACTS.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.