# Incident 20060331005289I: Boeing 7377AV, Miami, FL, March 31, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 2006, 12:40 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Miami International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.7954° N, 80.2901° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MIAMI INTL (MIA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7954&lon=-80.2901&mi=10
- Aircraft: N889NC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N889NC-2012-03-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-7AV (registry code 1384506, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-7av) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CFM56 series (registry code 30016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7377AV
- Reported engine: GE CFM56*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060331005289I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING REPOSITIONED BY THE FLIGHT CREW TO THE SIGNATURE RAMP FOR REFUELING. TAXIING EAST FROM CUSTOMS TO SIGNATURE, A LEFT TURN (NORTH) WAS MADE TO THE SIGNATURE RAMP AREA. THE FLIGHT CREW NOTED THAT A SINGLE SIGNATURE MARSHALLER WAS AHEAD AND TO THE WEST. THE MARSHALLER THEN DIRECTED THEM TO THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE SIGNATURE RAMP AND TURNED THEM NORTH TOWARDS THE NORTH NOISE SUPPRESSION WALL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS MARSHALLED NORTH NEAR THE WALL AND THEN WAS SIGNALLED TO MAKE A LEFT 180 DEGREE TURN TO PARK WITH THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT FACING SOUTH AWAY FROM THE WALL. THE MARSHALLER WAS POSITIONED TO THE WEST OF THE AIRCRAFT AND DID NOT HAVE ANYONE POSITIONED NEAR THE WALL TO NOTE THE CLEARANCE OF THE RIGHT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT AS HE DIRECTED THE TURN. AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS MAKING THE LEFT 180 DEGREE TURN, THE RIGHT WINGLET STRUCK A LIGHT FIXTURE ON THE NORTH SOUND SUPPRESSION WALL. THE LIGHT FIXTURE FELL AND STRUCK THE TOP OF THE WING AT THE WINGLET AREA AND THEN FELL TO THE GROUND. THE WINGLET ALSO SCRAPED THE WALL AND THE BOLTS THAT HAD HELD THE LIGHT FIXTURE TORE A PORTION OF THE AFT SECTION OF THE WINGLET LOOSE. THE RIGHT WINGLET WAS REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFTRELEASED FOR FLIGHT.

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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