# Incident 20070604016919I: Boeing 757223, Newark, NJ, June 4, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 2007, 12:25 local time
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Airport: Newark Liberty International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 40.6925° N, 74.1687° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEWARK LIBERTY INTL (EWR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6925&lon=-74.1687&mi=10
- Aircraft: N690AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N690AA-2018-12-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-223 (registry code 1384957, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-223) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce RB-211 series (registry code 54555, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-rb-211-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757223
- People aboard: 183
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070604016919I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT 1225E, AIRCRAFT N690AA WAS BEING PUSHED BACK FROM GATE 33 ON FLIGHT #1623. THE APU WAS MEL'D AND TWO AIRSTARTS WERE USED AT THE GATE FOR THE START OF #1 ENGINE. THE INTENTION WAS TO CROSS BLEED START #2 ENGINE OFF THE GATE. THE AIRSTART CART ON THE NUMBER 2 ENGINE WAS NOT REMOVED PRIOR TO THE PUSH AND THE #2 ENGINE IMPACTED THE #2 INBOARD THRUST REVERSER AND SCRAPED IT ALL THE WAY TO THE NOSE COWL SEVERELY DAMAGING THE COWLS ALONG THE WAY. A SIDE LOAD INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED WITH NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED.

## Other reports on N690AA (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20141102021199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141102021199I), Nov 2, 2014: Boeing 757-223 (N690AA), Los Angeles, CA, Minor damage. While parked at gate, number two engine struck by a fueling truck. No passengers or crew members on board. Truck driver, a swissport employee, sustained a…
- [Incident 20051026026569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051026026569I), Oct 26, 2005: Boeing 757223 (N690AA), Kahului, HI, Minor damage. (-23) During preflight walkaround, pilot noticed abrasions to the bottom aft fuselage. It appeared that during landing the aircraft encountered a tail strike.

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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