# Incident 20121231028351I: Airbus A320-232, Ft Lauderdale, FL, December 31, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 2012, 20:30 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale-Hollywood Intern
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: GTIA
- Location: 26.0717° N, 80.1497° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE/HOLLYWOOD INTL (FLL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0717&lon=-80.1497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N603NK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N603NK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus A320-232 (registry code 3940004, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a320-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: IAE V2527-A5 (registry code 34604, https://openairdocs.org/engine/iae-v2527-a5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320-232
- Reported engine: IAE V2527-A5
- People aboard: 173
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 8,584 total, 5,910 in this make and model, 210 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121231028351I

## Narrative

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

THE CREW WAS CLEARED TO TAXI ON A TAXIWAY WHERE AIRCRAFT ARE PARKED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE TAXIWAY. THE CAPTAIN SAW THAT THE TAIL OF AN US AIR AIRCRAFT WAS VERY CLOSE TO THE TAXIWAY. HE CHOSE TO MOVE OFF THE YELLOW LINE AND THOUGHT HE HAD CLEARANCE TO PASS THE AIRCRAFT. THE CREW THOUGHT THEY HAD CLEARED THE TAIL AND DID NOT BELIEVE THEY HAD STRUCK THE OTHER AIRCRAFT. AFTER PARKING AT THE GATE BOTH CREWMEMBERS DID AN EXTERIOR INSPECTION TO SEE IF THERE HAD BEEN ANY INDICATION AF HITTING THE OTHER AIRCRAFT AND DID NOT SEE ANY DAMAGE. DAMAGE TO THE OTHER AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND BY US AIR PERSONNEL WHO WERE ON THAT AIRCRAFT WHEN IT WAS STRUCK BY THE SPIRIT AIRCRAFT. THE US AIR AIRCRAFT WAS NOT PROPERLY PARKED AND BROWARD COUNTY AVIATION DEPARTMENT(BCAD) OFFICIALS WERE NOT AWARE THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN THAT AREA. BCAD IS SUPPOSED TO BE NOTIFIED BY THE AIRLINES WHEN AIRCRAFT ARE BEING PARKED THERE SO THAT THE FLL TOWER CAN BE MADE AWARE OF THE SITUATION. TOWER WAS NOT AWARE THAT AN AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED IMPROPERLY. BCAD CLOSED THE TAXIWAY AFTER THIS INCIDENT. THIS TAXIWAY SHOULD HAVE BEEN CLOSED PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. BOTH SPIRIT CREWMEMBERS HAVE FILED ASAP REPORTS AND THIS INCIDENT HAS BEEN INVESTIGATED BY THE ASAP ERC.

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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