20190529000641I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 737-900ER · Jamaica, NY · May 29, 2019

Date
May 29, 2019 · 19:20 local
Place
Jamaica, NY
Airport
John F Kennedy International
Phase of flight
Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules
Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
Operator
BRAF
Collision
Collision on the ground
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N285AK
Reported as
Boeing 737-900ER
Reported engine
CFM International CFM56-7B27E
People aboard
338
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

British airways B-747-436, reg. # g-civk, s/n 25818.

On Wednesday evening, 29 may 2019, at approximately 1920 hours local time, british airways was pushing back from terminal 7 gate 10 for flight #174 to lhr airport. The B747-436 was pushed back behind the Alaska airlines B737-900 aircraft which was parked at terminal 7 gate 11. As the aircraft was then being pulled forward toward centerline for taxi positioning the left wing of the B747-436 contacted the right horizontal stabilizer of the Alaska airlines B737-900ER. The impact caused a segment of the horizontal stabilizer of the B737-900ER to break off and impale into the left winglet of the B747-436.

As the FAA filed it

BRITISH AIRWAYS B-747-436, REG. # G-CIVK, S/N 25818.

ON WEDNESDAY EVENING, 29 MAY 2019, AT APPROXIMATELY 1920 HOURS LOCAL TIME, BRITISH AIRWAYS WAS PUSHING BACK FROM TERMINAL 7 GATE 10 FOR FLIGHT #174 TO LHR AIRPORT. THE B747-436 WAS PUSHED BACK BEHIND THE ALASKA AIRLINES B737-900 AIRCRAFT WHICH WAS PARKED AT TERMINAL 7 GATE 11. AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN BEING PULLED FORWARD TOWARD CENTERLINE FOR TAXI POSITIONING THE LEFT WING OF THE B747-436 CONTACTED THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER OF THE ALASKA AIRLINES B737-900ER. THE IMPACT CAUSED A SEGMENT OF THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER OF THE B737-900ER TO BREAK OFF AND IMPALE INTO THE LEFT WINGLET OF THE B747-436.