20050119001889I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 757-324 · Austin, TX · January 19, 2005

Date: January 19, 2005 · 07:00 local
Place: Austin, TX
Airport: Austin-Bergstrom International Airport
Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: CALA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N57857
Reported as: Boeing 757324
Fatal injuries: 0

N57857Registered now · Boeing 757-324S/N 32816 · Built 2004 Airframe modelBoeing 757-324 Engine modelRolls-Royce RB-211 seriesTurbo-fan

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The aircraft was being pushed back from the gate with a tug and was accompanied by two wing-walkers. The aircraft was pushed into the airport ramp blast fence. The impact damaged the right side APU inlet air door. Austin-airmotive performed the repair and signed off the logbook. The aircraft was put back into service 24 hours later. Injury summary not known by ASI

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING PUSHED BACK FROM THE GATE WITH A TUG AND WAS ACCOMPANIED BY TWO WING-WALKERS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PUSHED INTO THE AIRPORT RAMP BLAST FENCE. THE IMPACT DAMAGED THE RIGHT SIDE APU INLET AIR DOOR. AUSTIN-AIRMOTIVE PERFORMED THE REPAIR AND SIGNED OFF THE LOGBOOK. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PUT BACK INTO SERVICE 24 HOURS LATER. INJURY SUMMARY NOT KNOWN BY ASI