# Incident 20040630017239I: Airbus A319114, Manchester, NH, June 30, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2004, 06:20 local time
- Place: Manchester, NH
- Airport: Manchester Airport-Grenier Indus
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 42.9325° N, 71.4356° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9325&lon=-71.4356&mi=10
- Aircraft: N348NB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N348NB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus A319-114 (registry code 3940002, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-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
- People aboard: 141
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,180 total, 3,647 in this make and model, 233 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC04IA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04IA152) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040630017239I

## Narrative

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

(-23) INCIDENT OCCURRED AT 0623 LOCAL. UNITED EXPRESS (BLUE RIDGE) 567, A CANADAIR CRJ, WAS CLEARED TO TAXI RNWY 35, VIA TAXIWAY ALPHA HOLDING SHORT AT TAXIWAY PAPA. SCHEDULED TIME OFF WAS 0628 LOCAL. NW 811, AN A-319, WAS CLEARED TO TAXI TO RNWY 35 VIA TAXIWAY ALPHA AND HOLD AT THE END FOR A SCHEDULED TIME OFF OF 0645 LOCAL. WITH BLR 567 HOLDING AT PAPA, NM 811 ATTEMPTED TO TAXI AROUND THE STATIONARY AIRCRAFT ON ITS WAY TO THE END OF RNWY 35, WHEN THE NW LEFT WING TIP CONTACTED THE RUDDER OF THE CRJ, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE NW WINGTIP SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NAV LIGHT LENSE AND SCORING DAMAGE TO THE WINGLET. THE NW CAPTAIN WAS INTERVIEWED BY AIRPORT AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND STATED HE HAD NOT BEEN INSTRUCTED TO TAXI AROUND THE HOLDING AIRCRAFT, BUT THAT HE MISJUDGED THE DISTANCE AVAILABLE. MEASURING OUT 88' (CRJ FUSELAGE LENGTH) FROM THE PAPA HOLD SHORT LINE AND 55' PERPENDICULAR TO TAXIWAY ALPHA, THERE IS NOT ENOUGH CLEARANCE FOR NW811 TO PASS (SHORT BY EIGHT FEET). MHT TOWER MANAGER MIKE BANEY WAS AWARE OF THE CLEARANCE CONFLICT WHEN PAPA TAXIWAY IS USED AS A STAGING AREA. THERE ARE NO PROCEDURES AT THE MHT ATCC FACILITY PROHIBITING THE USE OF PAPA TAXIWAY AS A STAGING AREA IF SUBSEQUENT TRAFFIC WILL BE INSTRUCTED TO TAXI TO THE END OF RNWY 35. THE GROUND CONTROLLER INVOLVED WAS NOT AWARE THE PAPA TAXIWAY HOLD-SHORT LINE AS FAR BACK FROM RNWY 35 AS IT WAS. AS OF 7-2-04, ALL MHT CONTROLLERS HAVE INITIALED OFF ON THE NON-USE OF TAXIWAY PAPA AS A STAGING AREA.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC04IA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04IA152), Jun 30, 2004: Airbus Industrie A319-114 (N348NB), Manchester, NH, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The Airbus captain's misjudged clearance, which resulted the left wing of the Airbus contacting the rudder of the stationary Canadair.

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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