# Incident 20080508836829I: Boeing 747212B, Louisville, KY, May 8, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2008, 00:30 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Louisville International-Standiford Fie
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: IPXA
- Location: 38.2542° N, 85.7594° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Louisville, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2542&lon=-85.7594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N520UP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N520UP-2010-06-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 747-212B (registry code 1384886, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-212b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT9D series (registry code 52054, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt9d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747212B
- Reported engine: PWA JT9D*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,537 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080508836829I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER LANDING IPXA FLIGHT 751 WAS CLEARED TO TAXI TO RAMP 6 SPOT 8 AT KSDF. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE ENTRANCE TO RAMP 6 A GROUND MARSHALLER WAS OBSERVED IN THE VICINITY OF SPOT 8. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DIRECTED BY THE MARSHALLER TO APPROACH THE PARKING SPOT ON A PATH NEARLY PARALLEL TO THE BLAST FENCE IN ANTICIPATION OF A FINAL RIGHT TURN INTO THE PARKING SPOT. AS THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED PARALLEL TO THE BLAST FENCE, THE MARSHALLER WAS DIRECTING THE AIRCRAFT INSIDE THE NORMAL TAXI REFERENCE LINE. THE CAPTAIN, BEING CONCERNED, ATTEMPTED TO MANEUVER FARTHER AWAY FROM THE FENCE. HOWEVER, THE MARSHALLER CONTINUED TO DIRECT A LINE THAT WOULD BRING THE AIRCRAFT CLOSER TO THE FENCE. THE CAPTAIN STATED "DUE TO THE DISTANCE, ANGLE AND RAMP LIGHTING INVOLVED, IT WAS DIFFICULT TO JUDGE WINGTIP CLEARANCE. HE DETERMINED THAT THE CLEARANCE WAS MINIMAL BUT ADEQUATE". AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS DIRECTED BY THE MARSHALLER TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN INTO THE FINAL PARKING POSITION, AN IMPACT WAS FELT AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS IMMEDIATELY STOPPED. THE LEFT WINGTIP HAD IMPACTED ONE OF THE RAMP LIGHTING POLES APPROXIMATELY 18 INCHES INSIDE OF THE LEFT WINGTIP. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED BY FAA PERSONNEL A THE SCENE FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N520UP (1)

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

- [Incident 19960913035339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960913035339I), Sep 13, 1996: Boeing 757222 (N520UP), Omaha, NE. Narrative: N520UA, a B-757 operated as united air lines, inc., flight 308 from oakland, CA, to chicago, IL, diverted into Omaha, NE, after experiencing…

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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