# Incident 20091129052139I: Boeing B-747, Chicago, IL, November 29, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 29, 2009, 10:00 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: O'Hare Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: ZW9F
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Aircraft: ZW9F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING B-747
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091129052139I

## Narrative

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

DURING GROUND HANDLING AT ORD, LEFT WING OUT BOARD AILERON WAS DAMAGED BY SWISSPORT GROUND SERVICE COMPANY EMPLOYEE WHEN HE TOWED THE AIRCRAFT TAIL STAND UNDER THE WING AND NOT AROUND IT.REPAIR IS TIME LIMITED TO FEBRUARY 28, 2010GREAT WALL B-2433 HAS DONE THE INTERIM REPAIR AS PER BOEING PROVIDED REPAIRSCHEME. ALL DAMAGE AREAS UNDERNEATH LH WING SURGE TANK WAS INSPECTED WITHHFEC AND CRACK-FREE CONDITION IS CONFIRMED. ATTACHED PLSE FIND THE FAA8100-9 AND FAA 337.

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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