# Incident 20131216023749I: Airbus A320-232, Jamaica, NY, December 16, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 2013, 13:49 local time
- Place: Jamaica, NY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: YENA
- Location: 40.6915° N, 73.8057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jamaica, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6915&lon=-73.8057&mi=10
- Aircraft: N661JB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N661JB) (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: 121
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131216023749I

## Narrative

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

JFK TERMINAL 4 IAT CLEARED AIRCRAFT VIA GOLF TAXIWAY TO PARK AT GATE 7B.

THERE WERE TWO WING WALKERS AND A MARSHALER GUIDING THE AIRCRAFT AS IT POWERED IN TO THE GATE.

THE RAMP AREA WAS CLEAR AS THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED THE PARKING SPOT.

JUST AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABOUT TO COME TO A STOP AT THE STOP MARK, THE FLIGHT CREW FELT A JOLT AND THE PLANE STOPPED.

AT NO POINT DID THE MARSHALER EVER INDICATE TO STOP PRIOR TO THAT.

THE RAMP CREW INDICATED TO THE FLIGHT CREW THAT THE FORWARD LEADING EDGE OF THE LEFT WING TIP HIT THE SECONDARY JET BRIDGE.

THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO ANY CREW OR PASSENGERS SINCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVING AT A VERY SLOW SPEED.

THE PASSENGERS DEPLANED THE AIRCRAFT IN A NORMAL FASHION.

THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE SECONDARY JET BRIDGE WAS NOT IN ITS PROPER STOWED POSITION.

THE AIRCRAFT?S NOSEWHEEL WAS ON THE PARKING LINE AND STOPPED ON THE PROPER MARK ON THE RAMP.

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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