# Incident 20230320021069I: Airbus A320-214, Bangor, ME, March 20, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 2023, 19:19 local time
- Place: Bangor, ME
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: WX0A
- Location: 44.8012° N, 68.7778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bangor, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8012&lon=-68.7778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N223NV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N223NV-2026-03-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus A320-214 (registry code 3940006, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a320-214) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320-214
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230320021069I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS GIVEN HOLD SHORT INSTRUCTIONS FOR RUNWAY 33 AT BANGOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (BGR). AFTER TAKEOFF CLEARANCE WAS OBTAINED THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TAXIING ON TO THE RUNWAY AND CONDUCTED A ROLLING TAKEOFF. THE AIRCRAFT LINED UP ON THE RUNWAY EDGE MARKINGS INSTEAD OF THE CENTERLINE. THE CAPTAIN WHO WAS PILOT FLYING CORRECTED TO CENTERLINE APPROXIMATELY 1,400 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY. AFTER LANDING AT THE DESTINATION AND DURING THE POST FLIGHT WALK AROUND, DAMAGE WAS NOTED ON THE NUMBER 2 ENGINE NOSE COWL. THE RIGHT HAND OUTBOARD SIDE, HAD EVIDENCE OF PUNCTURE DAMAGE LOCATED BELOW THE BLOW OUT DOOR. THIS DAMAGE WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH STRIKING A RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT AT BGR AT APPROXIMATELY 1,400 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY.

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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