# Incident 20191022024209I: Airbus A320-233, Los Angeles, CA, October 22, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2019, 00:50 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: SOKF
- Location: 34.0522° N, 118.2437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Los Angeles, CA, within about 12 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0522&lon=-118.2437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N499TA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N499TA-2020-12-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus A320-233 (registry code 3940329, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a320-233) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: IAE V2527E-A5 (registry code 34605, https://openairdocs.org/engine/iae-v2527e-a5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320-233
- Reported engine: IAE V2527E-A5
- People aboard: 162
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191022024209I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 22, 2019 AT LAX, A HAWAIIAN B-787 WAS TAXING ALONG TAXIWAY C IN FRONT OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EN ROUTE TO LAX-GUA. AT THE TIME THAT THE B-787

ENTER TAXIWAY LAUNCHED FOD FROM AN ASPHALT LAYER IMPACTING THE FIRST OFFICER WINDSHIELD (DB) WINDOW CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE THAT CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO RETURN TO PLATFORM GATE 155 FOR MAINTENANCE REVIEW. THE PASSENGERS WERE DISSEMBARKED AND THE FLIGHT WAS CANCELLED. TOTAL COST OF REPAIRS FOR DV WINDOW REPLACEMENT $7,700.THE EVENT WAS NOTIFIED TO LAX ATC TOWER.

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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