# Incident 20070826018419I: Boeing 777223, Boston, MA, August 26, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 2007, 13:01 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: General Edward Lawrence Logan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 42.3629° N, 71.0064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE LOGAN INTL (BOS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3629&lon=-71.0064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N777AN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N777AN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 777-223 (registry code 1385213, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-777-223) (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 777223
- People aboard: 218
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070826018419I

## Narrative

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

(-23) MASSPORT REPORTED THAT AS THE AIRCRAFT ARRIVED AT INTERNATIONAL GATE 4 THE LEFT ENGINE CONTACTED THE JETBRIDGE CAUSING A 10" BY 6" HOLE IN THE UPPER NOSE COWL AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE DOGHOUSE COWLING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING GUIDED INTO THE GATE WITH AN AIRCRAFT MARSHALL PERSON AT THE NOSE AND A WING WALKER ON THE RIGHT WING. THERE WAS NO GUIDE PERSON AT THE LEFT WINGTIP. AMERICAN AIRLINES AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT THE COMPANY PROCEDURE WAS TO HAVE A WING WALKER ON BOTH WINGTIPS AS WELL AS A MARSHALLER AT THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DEPLANED NORMALLY AND THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE TO BE INSPECTED AND HAVE THE NOSE COWL AND DOGHOUSE REPLACED.

## Other reports on N777AN (1)

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

- [Incident 20000829028349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000829028349I), Aug 29, 2000: Boeing 777223 (N777AN), San Jose, CA, Minor damage. (-23)August 29, 2000, American airlines flight 128, a Boeing 777, N777AN, while being taxied under aircraft power struck a parked Gulfstream 4, N451QS located…

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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