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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Airbus A330-323 · Minneapolis, MN · June 8, 2008

Date
June 8, 2008 · 16:00 local
Place
Minneapolis, MN
Airport
Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
NWAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N819NW
Reported as
Airbus A330323
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PW4168A
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Nwa flight 45, amsterdam (eham) to Minneapolis (kmsp), an A-330-323, N819NW, taxied to gate G-9 at main terminal. As the aircraft approached the gate, the left wing tip contacted the right wingtip of another A-330 at gate G-8. Minor damage to the left wingtip of ship #3319 and the right wingtip of ship #3303. Passengers were disembarked via a portable stairway to the ramp and walked into the terminal. No injuries reported.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) NWA FLIGHT 45, AMSTERDAM (EHAM) TO MINNEAPOLIS (KMSP), AN A-330-323, N819NW, TAXIED TO GATE G-9 AT MAIN TERMINAL. AS THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED THE GATE, THE LEFT WING TIP CONTACTED THE RIGHT WINGTIP OF ANOTHER A-330 AT GATE G-8. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WINGTIP OF SHIP #3319 AND THE RIGHT WINGTIP OF SHIP #3303. PASSENGERS WERE DISEMBARKED VIA A PORTABLE STAIRWAY TO THE RAMP AND WALKED INTO THE TERMINAL. NO INJURIES REPORTED.

Other reports on N819NW · 1

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