# Incident 20231029019729I: Boeing 787-9, Newark, NJ, October 29, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 2023, 05:05 local time
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Airport: Newark Liberty International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 40.6925° N, 74.1687° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEWARK LIBERTY INTL (EWR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6925&lon=-74.1687&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27957, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N27957) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 787-9 (registry code 1385609, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-787-9) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE GENX-1B74/75/ series (registry code 30222, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-genx-1b74-75-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 787-9
- Reported engine: GE GENX-1B74/75/
- People aboard: 249
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 12,670 total, 1,379 in this make and model, 113 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231029019729I

## Narrative

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

ON 10/29/2023 AT APROXIMATELY 05:05 LOCAL TIME, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OPERATING AS UA 1123 CAPETOWN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (FACT) TO NEWARK LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KEWR) STRUCK A JET BRIDGE WHILE PULLING INTO GATE 67A. THE LH WING STRUCK THE JETBRIDGE FROM GATE B66 CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE SLATS AND THE WING UNDERSKIN.

THE AIRCRAFT HAD A FLIGHT CREW COMPLEMENT OF 4, CABIN CREW OF 10 AND PASSENGER COUNT OF 235. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AND NO EVACUATION WAS CALLED OUT.

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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