# Incident 20100512034332I: Boeing 757-251, Orlando, FL, May 12, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2010, 22:58 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 28.5383° N, 81.3792° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orlando, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5383&lon=-81.3792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N555NW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N555NW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-251 (registry code 1384970, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-251) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW2037 (registry code 52117, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw2037) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757-251
- Reported engine: P & W PW2037
- People aboard: 168
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 17,000 total, 8 in this make and model, 143 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100512034332I

## Narrative

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

ON 12 MAY 2010 DAL 1405 (N555NW) A B-757-251 FROM DETROIT (DTW) LANDED AT ORLANDO, FL (MCO) AND TAXIED TO RAMP AIRSIDE 4.  WHILE FOLLOWING THE LEAD-IN LINE AND THE MARSHALLER'S SIGNALS TO GATE 72,  DAL 1405'S RIGHT WINGTIP STRUCK THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER OF A DELTA AIRLINES 757-351 (N593NW) PARKED AT GATE 60A.  THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED IN A NON-MOVEMENT AREA OF THE RAMP.  NEITHER AIRCRAFT WERE UNDER CONTROL OF ATC.  THE MARSHALLING AGENT PARKING DAL 1405 WAS ASSISTED BY TWO WING WALKERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH DELTA'S FLIGHT OPERATIONS MANUAL (FOM) PAGE 6.1.8.  THERE WERE 168 PERSONS ON BOARD AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.  PER AIRPORT OPERATIONS, THE NTSB WAS NOTIFIED.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N593NW, Boeing B-757-351: no report for this aircraft; [N593NW](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N593NW) is registered now

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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