# Incident 20051227033149I: Airbus A330323, San Juan, Puerto Rico, December 27, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 2005, 15:30 local time
- Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Luis Munoz Marin International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 18.4394° N, 66.0021° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LUIS MUNOZ MARIN INTL (SJU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4394&lon=-66.0021&mi=10
- Aircraft: N672UW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A330323
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 19,500 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051227033149I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THIS INCIDENT INVESTIGATION AS PER REQUEST OF ^PRIVACY DATA OM^, US AIRWAYS APOI, DUE TO THE REASON THAT US AIRWAYS IS PART OF THE AVIATION SAFETY ACTION PROGRAM (ASAP) HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED TO FAA CMO 19, CORAOPOLIS, PA., FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. UNIVERSAL WEATHER AND AVIATION SERVICES, WAS THE FOB IN CHARGE OF THE GROUND HANDLING AND PARKING OF THE GULFTREAN FIVE WHICH WAS WRONGFULLY PARKED AT THE RAMP AREA DUE TO THIS REASON THE INCIDENT BETWEEN BOTH AIRCRAFT HAPPENED. THE ASSISTANT MANAGER ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^ SPOKE WITH ALL THE RAMP PERSONNEL, AGENT, AND SUPERVISOR TO ENSURE THE WAY TO PARK ALL JET AND AIRCRAFT IN THE RIGHT WAY OR POSITION TO AVOID ANY OTHER INCIDENT OF THIS MANNER. USA 1024 TAXIED NORTHBOUND ON TAXIWAY NOVEMBER A333 N672UW STRUCK THE ELEVATOR OF A PARKED G-5 N691RC WITH THE RIGHT WING TIP AT AIRPORT AVIATION SERVICES, A NONMOVEMENT AREA LOCATED EAST OF TAXIWAY NOVEMBER. INFORMED AND REVIEWED BY PORTS AUTHORITY THE G5 WAS INCORRECTLY PARKED WITHIN THE OBJECT FREE ZONE. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, ELEVATOR DESTROYED.

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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