# Incident 20130501014022I: Airbus A-330-243, Chicago, IL, May 1, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 2013, 18:00 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: 29HF
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Aircraft: CS-TFZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A-330-243
- People aboard: 269
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 5,140 total, 910 in this make and model, 108 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130501014022I

## Narrative

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

ON 5/01/2013 AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 CST, A HI-FLY AIRLINES (29HF) AIRBUS A-330, REGISTRATION # CS-TFZ, OPERATING AS LOT POLISH AIRLINES (LOPF) CLIPPED THE WING TIP OF A LUFTHANSA (LU7F) MD-11, REGISTRATION # D-ALCG.  TWO INSPECTORS FROM THE O'HARE FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE ARRIVED ON SITE AT THE INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL AT 1945.

THE LOPF AIRCRAFT HAD 257 PASSENGERS INCLUDING 8 INFANTS AND A CREW OF 12.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE DAMAGE TO THE LOPF CHARTER, HI-FLY AIRLINES AIRCRAFT, WAS TO THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE APPROXIMATELY THREE FEET FROM THE WING TIP. THE DENT WAS FOUND TO BE WITHIN LIMITS PER THE STRUCTURAL REPAIR MAINTENANCE MANUAL AND DISCUSSIONS WITH HI-FLY ENGINEERING. THE LOT CHARTER AIRCRAFT WAS DEEMED AIRWORTHY AND RELEASED FOR SERVICE.

INCIDENT OCCURRED ON TAXI-WAY UNIFORM AT THE RUN-WAY 14L "HOLD" BOX. THE LU7F AIRCRAFT WAS SITTING ON THE HOLD LINE AND THE LOPF CHARTER AIRCRAFT APPARENTLY DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH CLEARANCE TO SAFELY  MANEUVER AROUND THE LU7F AIRCRAFT.  THE NTSB ON DUTY INVESTIGATOR WAS CONTACTED AND DETERMINED THAT THEIR PRESENCE WAS NOT NECESSARY FOR THE INVESTIGATION.

A PRELIMINARY AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT/INCIDENT REPORT (8020-9) WAS SENT TO THE FSDO FROM THE REGIONAL OPERATION CENTER AND THE NARRATIVE WAS AS FOLLOWS: GEC8230 WAS PARKED IN THE RUNWAY 14L PAD AWAITING A REROUTE. LOT002/A332 WAS TAXING TO RUNWAY 14L VIA TAXIWAY U. LOT 002 WAS INSTRUCTED TO LINE UP AND WAIT (LUAW) FOR RUNWAY 14L. AS LOT 002 STARTED TO TAXI GEC8230 ADVISED NORTH LOCAL CONTROLLER THAT LOT 002 WING MADE CONTACT WITH THEM.

## Other aircraft in the event

- D-ALCG, Md-11f MC-DONALD DOUGLAS: no report for this aircraft in the release

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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