# Incident 20041221033089I: Boeing 777222, Honolulu, HI, December 21, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 2004, 15:55 local time
- Place: Honolulu, HI
- Airport: Honolulu International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 21.3069° N, 157.8583° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Honolulu, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.3069&lon=-157.8583&mi=10
- Aircraft: N213UA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N213UA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 777-222 (registry code 1385219, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-777-222) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-66 series (registry code 52118, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-66-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 777222
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,152 in this make and model, 167 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041221033089I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS MARSHALLED INTO GATE 7 WITH THE AFT JET BRIDGE OUT OF POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE JET BRIDGE ON THE UPPER RIGHT PORTION OF THE NUMBER 1 ENGINE FAN COWL CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT BUT NO DAMAGE TO THE JET BRIDGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO PASSENGERS, CREW, OR GROUND PERSONNEL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PUSHED OFF THE BRIDGE, THE BRIDGE PROPERLY POSITIONED AND THEN TOWED IN. PASSENGERS AND CREW DEPLANED NORMALLY THRU THE FORWARD JET BRIDGE. THE MARSHALER DID NOT FOLLOW ESTABLISHED UNITED AIRLINES PROCEDURES IN DETERMINING THE PROPER POSITIONING OF THE JET BRIDGE PRIOR TO SIGNALING THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE GATE. INJURY SUMMARY NOT KNOWN BY ASI.

## Other reports on N213UA (1)

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

- [Incident 20100219031009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100219031009I), Feb 19, 2010: Boeing 777-222 (N213UA), No damage. UA35 enroute from sfo to phog declared and emergency at 2216Z for inflight engine shutdown due to loss of oil pressure. Emergency declared on 121.5 and track…

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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