# Incident 20101228055281I: Airbus Indu A319-112, Saint Louis, MO, December 28, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 2010, 07:40 local time
- Place: Saint Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 38.6273° N, 90.1979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Louis, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6273&lon=-90.1979&mi=10
- Aircraft: N747UW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N747UW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus Industrie A319-112 (registry code 3930323, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a319-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS INDU A319-112
- Reported engine: CFM INTL. CFM56 SERIES
- People aboard: 118
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 21,983 total, 7,998 in this make and model, 188 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101228055281I

## Narrative

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

CAPTAIN SHORT INITALLY BELIEVED HIS AIRCRAFT WAS TO BE DEICED ON THE GATE. HE WAS DIRECTED TO 'C' PAD FOR DEICING BY GROUND METERING. UPON ARRIVAL AT "C" PAD, FOUR AIRCRAFT WERE WAITING ON OR IN THE PROCESS OF BEING DEICED.  THERE WERE NO MARSHALLERS PRESENT, AND A DEICING TRUCK WAS PARKED ON THE SPOT CAPTAIN SHORT ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO PARK.  CAPTAIN SHORT ELECTED TO TAXI BEHIND THE CLOSEST PARKED AIRCRAFT, AN  EMB-170.  WHILE TAXIING BEHIND THE AIRCRAFT, THE LEFT WINGLET CONTACTED THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER OF THE EMB-170.  THIS CONTACT WENT UNNOTICED BY CAPTAIN SHORT UNTIL HE WAS CONTACTED BY A FLIGHT ATTENDANT WHO INFORMED HIM THAT A PASSENGER HAD OBSERVED THE COLLISION.CAPTAIN SHORT ADVISED THE CREW OF THE EMB170, OVER THE RADIO, OF THE COLLISION, AND BOTH AIRCRAFT TAXIED BACK TO THE GATE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

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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