# Incident 20180108000542I: Boeing 747-446, Baltimore, MD, January 8, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 2018, 21:43 local time
- Place: Baltimore, MD
- Airport: Baltimore Washington Internati
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UIEA
- Location: 39.2904° N, 76.6122° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Baltimore, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2904&lon=-76.6122&mi=10
- Aircraft: N465MC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N465MC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 747-446 (registry code 13848CJ, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-446) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF6-80 series (registry code 30025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf6-80-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747-446
- Reported engine: GE CF6-80 SERIES
- People aboard: 415
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180108000542I

## Narrative

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

ATLAS AIR (UIEA) CHARTER FLIGHT 8088, A B-747-400, REGISTRATION NUMBER N465MC, OPERATING A REVENUE FLIGHT FROM BALTIMORE WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, MARYLAND (BWI) TO RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, GERMANY (ETAR) MADE CONTACT WITH MIAMI AIR (MYWA), AN B-737-800, REGISTRATION NUMBER N750MA.

ACCORDING TO THE AIR CARRIER REPORTS AND AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE RECORDS THE UIEA AIRCRAFT PUSHED BACK FROM GATE E3 ONTO THE NORTHWEST CARGO RAMP.  THE GROUND CREW DISCONNECTED THE TUG/TOWBAR AND THE UIEA CREW WAS THEN SIGNALED TAXI CLEARANCE.  DURING INITIAL TAXI TOWARDS TAXIWAY ?AA? THE UIEA B-747-400 RIGHT WINGTIP MADE CONTACT WITH THE AFT OUTBOARD QUADRANT OF THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER OF THE MYWA AIRCRAFT WHICH WAS PARKED ON THE HARDSTAND NOSED INTO THE SOUTHWEST EDGE OF THE CARGO RAMP.

UIEA AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE GATE AND OFFLOADED APPROXIMATELY 400 PASSENGERS.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N750MA: no report for this aircraft in the release

## Other reports on N465MC (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20180805010139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180805010139I), Aug 5, 2018: Boeing 747-446 (N465MC), Bwi, MD, Minor damage. On 5 August 2018 N465MC was operating as GTI8643, a ferry flight from Baltimore, Maryland (Bwi) to houston, Texas (iah). There were 16 dead-heading Flight…

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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