# Accident 20180106000492A: Boeing B-777-300ER, Jamaica, NY, January 6, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 2018, 00:10 local time
- Place: Jamaica, NY
- Airport: John F Kennedy International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: KACF
- 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: 9KAOC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING B-777-300ER
- People aboard: 275
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180106000492A

## Narrative

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

01/06/2018 - JFK AIRPORT - ACCIDENT TIME 00:10

SUMMARY OF EVENTS:

KUWAIT AIRWAYS KU117, A B777-300 REGISTRATION 9K-AOC, LANDED AT 1841L AND DUE TO LACK OF GATES AVAILABLE ,WAS ASSIGNED HARDSTAND 63. DUE TO A LIGHT POLE ADJACENT TO HARDSTAND 63 BLOCKING THE OFFLOAD OF THE FORWARD HOLD,BOTH SWISS PORT & IAT COORDINATED IN PARKING THE AIRCRAFT SHORT OF THE 777-300 STOP MARK TO ALLOW FOR THE OFFLOADING OF THE FORWARD HOLD.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED ON THE 737 STOP MARK AT 1855L AND DUE TO THE TAIL OVERHANGING INTO TAXIWAY BB, THE IAT CLOSED THE TAXIWAY BB.

CHINA SOUTHERN CZ300, A B777-300 REGISTRATION B-7185, WAS TOWED OFF GATE 6 AT T4 AT 2000L WITH NO AVAILABLE HARDSTAND TO PARK, SO THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED AROUND THE TERMINAL AREA AS NEEDED DURING THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION UNTIL A HARDSTAND WAS AVAILABLE.

JUST PRIOR TO 2340L, HARDSTAND 73 BECAME AVAILABLE, AND CHINA SOUTHERN CZ300 WAS UNDER TOW AT SPOT 2 BEHIND T4.

CHINA SOUTHERN CZ300 WAS INSTRUCTED  TO PROCEED TO HARDSTAND 73 FROM SPOT 2 VIA TAXIWAY G, TAXIWAY BB, AND TAXIWAY H.

THE PUSHBACK DRIVER PROCEEDED TO TURN RIGHT ON TAXIWAY G, THEN RIGHT ONTO TAXIWAY BB (WHICH HAD BEEN CLOSED EARLIER DUE TO THE KU OVERHANG) AND THE RIGHT WING TIP OF CZ300 IMPACTED THE TAIL OF KU117 AT 2345L. THE PUSHBACK DRIVER CONTINUED FORWARD AS HE DID NOT FEEL THE IMPACT AND MADE A LEFT TURN ONTO TAXIWAY H, THEN RIGHT TURN INTO HARDSTAND 73.

SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE TAIL OF KUWAIT AIRWAYS KU117, INCLUDING THE RIGHT AND LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, ELEVATOR,TAIL CONE AND APU, .

SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE CHINA SOUTHERN AIR CZ300  RIGHT WING AND LEADING EDGE .

## Other aircraft in the event

- B7185, Boeing B-777-300: no report for this aircraft in the release

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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