# Incident 20170521013069I: Airbus A-330, Jamaica, NY, May 21, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 2017, 22:48 local time
- Place: Jamaica, NY
- Airport: John F. Kennedy International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: MEDF
- 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: EI-FNG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A-330
- 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/20170521013069I

## Narrative

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

AER LINGUS FLIGHT EIN-108,WHILE PARKED AT GATE 11, TERMINAL 5 WAS STRUCK BY A CARGO LOADER NEAR THE AFT CARGO DOOR.  PASSENGERS WERE BOARDING AT THE TIME.  PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED AND THE FLIGHT WAS CANCELLED. INJURIES:NONE.  EXTENT OF DAMAGE:

THE BELT LOADER STRUCK THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT APPROXIMATELY 2 FEET FORWARD OF AND INLINE WITH THE BOTTOM EDGE OF THE AFT CARGO DOOR, DAMAGE WAS AT FRAME 58 BETWEEN STRINGERS 41 THROUGH 44. DAMAGE WAS EVALUATED BY MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION PERSONNEL AND AIRCRAFT WAS PREPARED FOR A FERRY FLIGHT TO DUBLIN FOR REPAIRS.

INVESTIGATION BY AIR LINGUS INDICATED CAUSAL FACTOR WAS UNINTENTIONAL ACCIDENTAL HUMAN FACTOR.

BELT LOADER OPERATOR HIT WRONG ACCELERATOR CAUSING BELT LOADER TO RISE AND LURCH FORWARD AT THE SAME TIME CONTACTING AIRCRAFT.

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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