# Accident 20190805017631A: Airbus Industrie A320-232, San Francisco, CA, August 5, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2019, 22:10 local time
- Place: San Francisco, CA
- Airport: San Francisco International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 37.6153° N, 122.3900° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6153&lon=-122.3900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N432UA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N432UA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus Industrie A320-232 (registry code 3930326, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a320-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: IAE V2500SERIES (registry code 34601, https://openairdocs.org/engine/iae-v2500series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS INDUSTRIE A320-232
- Reported engine: IAE V2500SERIES
- People aboard: 142
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 7,579 total, 2,643 in this make and model, 123 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA19CA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA19CA192) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190805017631A

## Narrative

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

UNITED FLIGHT UAL2201 ARRIVED AT SFO UNEVENTFULLY.  AFTER DEPARTING MOVEMENT AREA, UNITED BOARDING AREA G RAMP TOWER DIRECTED UAL2201 TO HOLD AT SPOT 11-2 AT PLOT 9 FOR GATE AVAILABILITY IN THE NON-MOVEMENT AREA.  UNITED FLIGHT UAL435 WAS DIRECTED TO THE SPOT 11-1 TO WAIT FOR GATE AVAILABILITY.  UAL435 RECEIVED AUTHORIZATION TO TAXI TO THEIR GATE PRIOR TO UAL2201.  UAL435 LEFT WINGLET STRUCK THE BACKSIDE OF UAL2201?S WING CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DCA19CA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA19CA192), Aug 6, 2019: Airbus A320 (N432UA), SFO International Airport, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the ramp controller directing a Boeing 737 to hold in a location that was marked for a regional jet.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.