# Incident 20050718022369I: Airbus A319111, Indianapolis, IN, July 18, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 2005, 14:40 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Indianapolis International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: F3LA
- Location: 39.7173° N, 86.2946° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INDIANAPOLIS INTL (IND), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7173&lon=-86.2946&mi=10
- Aircraft: N940FR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N940FR-2012-12-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus A319-111 (registry code 3940000, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a319-111) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A319111
- People aboard: 126
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050718022369I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT NUMBER 1 WAS UNITED EXPRESS FLIGHT #7517 OPERATED BY SHUTTLE AMERICA DEPARTING GATE D10 AT THE IND AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT NUMBER 2 WAS FRONTIER AIRLINES FLIGHT #619 DEPARTING GATE D-3 AT IND. THESE CONCOURSES SHARE AN ALLEY FOR COMMON PUSHBACK, TAXI AND DEPARTURE. THIS AREA IS NOT UNDER POSITIVE CONTROL OF ATC GROUND CONTROL. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 1440 EST. THE FAA ATC GROUND CONTROLLER ISSUED A CLEARANCE TO AIRCRAFT #1 TO "PUSHBACK AT PILOT'S DISCRETION FROM GATE D-10". AIRCRAFT #2 WAS ISSUED A TAXI CLEARANCE TO "PUSHBACK AND TAXI AT PILOT'S DISCRETION FROM GATE C-3, CAUTION FOR TRAFFIC PUSHING OFF OF "D" CONCOURSE" OR WORDS TO THAT EFFECT. AIRCRAFT #1 WAS PARKED IN THE ALLEY AFTER COMPLETING HIS PUSHBACK AND THE GROUND CREW WAS DISCONNECTING THE TOW BAR FROM THE TUG WHEN AIRCRAFT #2 CHOSE TO ATTEMPT TO PASS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF AIRCRAFT #1 IN THE ALLEY. AS HE WAS TAXIING A/C #2 STRUCK THE RIGHT ELEVATOR AND HORIZONTAL TIP CAP OF AIRCRAFT #1 WITH HIS LEFT WINGLET ASSEMBLY. FRONTIER PARTICIPATES IN THE ASAP PROGRAM AND THE INCIDENT HAS BEEN REFERRED TO THE ASAP REVIEW COMMITTEE FOR ACTION. THE SHUTTLE AMERICA AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED AND HOOKED TO THE TOW TRACTOR AT CONTACT.

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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