# Incident 20040726019579I: Boeing 737790, Gustavus, AK, July 26, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 2004, 18:33 local time
- Place: Gustavus, AK
- Airport: Gustavus
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ASAA
- Location: 58.4253° N, 135.7074° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GUSTAVUS (GST), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.4253&lon=-135.7074&mi=10
- Aircraft: N627AS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N627AS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-790 (registry code 13844CN, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-790) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56-7B24 series (registry code 13044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-7b24-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737790
- People aboard: 84
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,680 total, 552 in this make and model, 227 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040726019579I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AS THE PILOT OF ASAA FLT 77 WAS TAXIING AWAY FROM THE ALASKA AIRLINE TERMINAL AT GUSTAVUS, AK THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT WING TIP STRUCK THE OVERHANGING ROOF OF THE TERMINAL BUILDING. THE PILOT HAD FOLLOWED COMPANY PROCEDURES REGARDING WHERE TO PARK THE AIRCRAFT, (PARK ON THE PAINTED J-LINE) AND HOW TO LEAVE THE TERMINAL. THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THESE PROCEDURES WERE CREATED FOR A B-737-400, AND N627AS IS A B-737-700 WITH A WING THAT IS APPROXIMATELY 10 FT LONGER AND SEVERAL FEET HIGHER OFF THE GROUND. ALASKA AIRLINES DID NOT MODIFY ITS GUSTAVUS PROCEDURES TO TAKE IN TO CONSIDERATION THE LARGER, HIGHER WING OF THE -700. A-400 WING IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO STRIKE THE ROOF OVERHANG, AND HAS AMPLE ROOM TO CLEAR THE BUILDING. ASAA'S SAFETY COMMITTEES HAS RECOMMENDED TO THE COMPANY TO PARK THE -700S FARTHER FROM THE TERMINAL BUILDING AND MODIFY ITS FLIGHT MARSHALLER POSITION FARTHER OUT IN FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE. THE GUSTAVUS PARKING AREA IS SMALL, AND CREATES CHALLENGES FOR LARGE JET OPERATIONS. THE PILOT HAS BEEN COUNSELED ON THE INCIDENT.

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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