# Incident 20050202004199I: Boeing 747422, Chicago, IL, February 2, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 2005, 13:15 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago-O Hare International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 41.9769° N, 87.9081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO O'HARE INTL (ORD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9769&lon=-87.9081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N118UA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N118UA-2018-02-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 747-422 (registry code 1384935, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-422) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW4000 series (registry code 52119, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw4000-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747422
- People aboard: 209
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050202004199I

## Narrative

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

(-23) UALA B-747, N118UA ENROUTE TO TOKYO JAPAN FROM GATE C18, WAS TAXIING TO 32L WHEN THE #4 ENGINE STRUCK A CITY VEHICLE PARKED AT A12. TWO ELECTRICIANS WERE WORKING ON THE TAXIWAY LIGHTS AND WERE OUT OF THE VEHICLE. NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE DRIVER OF THE CITY VEHICLE DID NOT CONTACT FAA OR CITY OPS TOWER THAT THEY WERE WORKING ON TAXIWAY LIGHTS AT A12. BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND COULD NOT YIELD TO APPROACHING AIRCRAFT.

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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