# Incident 20100820042389I: Boeing 777-300, Los Angeles, CA, August 20, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2010, 10:30 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Los Angeles, International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: V43F
- Location: 33.9425° N, 118.4080° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOS ANGELES INTL (LAX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9425&lon=-118.4080&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 777-300
- People aboard: 0
- 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/20100820042389I

## Narrative

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

DURING AIRCRAFT RELOCATION, THE CONTRACT GROUND SERVICE CONTRACTOR, MENZIES AVIATION PUSHING BACK A B-777-300 AIRCRAFT VH-VPD TO REMOTE SPOT #10 MADE CONTACT WITH THE BLAST FENCE.  AIRCRAFT LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND ELEVATOR SUSTAINED MODERATE DAMAGE.  MENZIE SAFETY INVESTIGATION REPORT STATES THAT THE TAIL WALKER (8 MONTH WITH MA) FAILED TO USE EMERGENCY STOP PROCEDURES PRIOR TO AIRCRAFT MAKING CONTACT.  FOUR MEMBER CREW WAS REMOVED AND DISPENSED FOR DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING (ALL TESTED NEGATIVE).  TOW DRIVER AND TAIL WALKER SUSPENDED PENDING COMPLETION OF INVESTIGATION AND REMEDIAL TRAINING.  CORRECTIVE ACTION TAKEN WILL BE FOR THE TERMINAL MANAGER TO SELECT THE TOW CREWS FOR REMOTE TOWING AND IN ADDITION, SPOT #10 HAS BEEN MARKED FOR B-777-300 PARKING.  PRIOR TO INCIDENT ONLY B-777-200 MARKS WERE IDENTIFIED.  SIA ENGINEERING, CERTIFICATED PART 145 REPAIR STATION COMPLETED THE REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF THE LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER TIP FAIRING IAW AMM 55-11-01 AND THE LEFT ELEVATOR IAW AMM 27-31-10.  RIGGING AND FUNCTIONAL CHECK SATISFACTORY AND AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.  FOR SPECIFIC STATEMENTS AND MENZIES SAFETY INVESTIGATION REPORT, SEE INCIDENT FOLDED LOCATED IN THE FSDO FILE ROOM.

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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