# Incident 20170120002879I: Airbus 319-133, Chicago, IL, January 20, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 2017, 21:30 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago Midway International A
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: Z5XF
- Location: 41.7856° N, 87.7527° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO MIDWAY INTL (MDW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7856&lon=-87.7527&mi=10
- Aircraft: XA-VOE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS 319-133
- Reported engine: IAE V2527M-A5
- People aboard: 142
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170120002879I

## Narrative

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

PRIOR TO THIS FLIGHT, PORTER AIRLINES USED THE GATE FOR THEIR Q400. ONCE THAT FLIGHT DEPARTED THE JETBRIDGE WAS NOT PARKED WITHIN THE DESIGNATED SAFETY AREA.

VOLARIS (Z5XF) CONTRACTS GROUND HANDLING TO AVIATION PORT SERVICES, LLC (APS).

THE LEAD MARSHALLER INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT INDICATED HE DID NOTICE THE JETBRIDGE WAS OUT OF THE SAFETY CIRCLE, AND HAD SEEN OTHERS MARSHALL AIRCRAFT WITH THE JETBRIDGE IN THE SAFETY ENVELOPE. SO HE THOUGHT IT WAS OK.

THE LEAD MARSHALLER GUIDED THE AIRCRAFT IN, AND WAS LOOKING DOWN AT THE NOSE WHEELS (TO PARK AT THE DESIGNATED A319 HASH MARK) WHEN THE AIRCRAFT MADE CONTACT WITH THE JETBRIDGE AT THE LH ENG INLET.

THE INLET OF THE FAN COWLING WAS BREACHED FROM THE ENGINE INLET 1 O'CLOCK TO THE 2 O'CLOCK POSITION, AND PROCEEDED OVER THE TOP OF THE INLET INTO THE FAN COWLING ITSELF.

Z5XF AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE DAMAGED INLET COWL.

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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