# Incident 20121209029229I: Boeing 737-8Q8, Jamaica, NY, December 9, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 2012, 23:36 local time
- Place: Jamaica, NY
- Airport: John F Kennedy International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SCNA
- Location: 40.6399° N, 73.7787° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOHN F KENNEDY INTL (JFK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6399&lon=-73.7787&mi=10
- Aircraft: N804SY, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N804SY) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-8Q8 (registry code 13844BX, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-8q8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-8Q8
- Reported engine: CFM INTL. CFM56 SERIES
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121209029229I

## Narrative

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

AFTER PUSHING AIRCRAFT BACK FROM JFK IAT GATE 31 TO STARTUP POINT 3 FOR DEPARTURE AND COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP THE CAPTAIN SET THE AIRCRAFT BRAKES PER THE INSTRUCTIONS FROM GROUND CREW. ONCE AT THE STARTUP POINT THE GROUND CREW BEGAN THE TOWBAR AND TUG DISCONNECT PROCEDURE BY LOWERING THE WHEELS ON THE TOWBAR PRIOR TO DISCONNECTING THE TUG. AT THIS POINT THE TUG STARTED TO MOVE FORWARD AND PUSHED THE TOWBAR UNDER THE NOSEGEAR BETWEEN THE NOSE GEAR TIRES. THE PUSHBACK TUG CAME TO REST AGAINST THE NOSE STRUT WITH THE NOSE GEAR OFF THE GROUND RESTING ON TOP OF THE TOWBAR. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR, NOSE GEAR DOORS, NOSE WHEELS AND TIRES AND SUSTAINED NUMEROUS SCRATCHES ON THE FORWARD FUSELAGE AREA. THE PUSHBACK TUG AND TOWBAR SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. THE OPERATOR OF THE PUSHBACK VEHICLE SUSTAINED MINOR INJURY. HE WAS EXAMINED AT THE HOSPITAL AND RELEASED.

## Other reports on N804SY (1)

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

- [Incident 20120129001299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120129001299I), Jan 29, 2012: Boeing 737-8Q8 (N804SY), Minneapolis, MN, Minor damage. Scna mech was taxiing aircraft from hangar to gate H5. While under control of marshaller at H5, the right winglet collided with a de-icing truck. There were no…

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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