# Incident 20180523023879I: Airbus A333, San Francisco, CA, May 23, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2018, 15:15 local time
- Place: San Francisco, CA
- Airport: San Francisco International  A
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: MEDF
- Location: 37.6188° N, 122.3754° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN FRANCISCO INTL (SFO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6188&lon=-122.3754&mi=10
- Aircraft: EI-GAJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A333
- People aboard: 261
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180523023879I

## Narrative

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

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PART 129 AIR OPERATOR AER LINGUS FLIGHT 147, AN A330-302, REGISTRATION NUMBER EI-GAJ, WAS OPERATING A REVENUE FLIGHT FROM DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, DUBLIN, IRELAND (EIDW) TO SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, CA (KSFO).

ACCORDING TO AIRPORT AGENCY AND COMPANY REPORTS.

AER LINGUS FLIGHT 147 AN AIRBUS A-333, WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING TOWED, THE TUG DRIVER MADE A WIDE TURN INTO GATE G91 CAUSING THE RIGHT WING TIP TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE TERMINAL BUILDING CONCRETE SUPPORT COLUMN. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WINGLET FROM THE IMPACT.

THE SWISSPORT WING WALKER STATED THAT HE WAS POSITIONED ADJACENT TO THE VSR AND WAS FOCUSED ON THE PUSH BACK TUG INSTEAD OF WALKING WITH THE RIGHT WING AND FAILED TO NOTICE THE HAZARDOUS SITUATION.

ALL PASSENGERS AND CREW ONBOARD DISEMBARKED THE AIRCRAFT NORMALLY AT THE GATE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR ANY SPILLS REPORTED. THERE WAS A PAINT SCRAPE TO THE BUILDING CONCRETE SUPPORT COLUMN.

WEATHER: SLIGHTY OVERCAST, NON FACTOR- LEAD IN LINE CONDITION GOOD.

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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