# Incident 20240429004299I: Embraer ERJ 190-100 IGW, Boston, MA, April 29, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 2024, 21:31 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: YENA
- Location: 42.3584° N, 71.0598° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Boston, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3584&lon=-71.0598&mi=10
- Aircraft: N329JB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N329JB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer ERJ 190-100 IGW (registry code 3260408, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-erj-190-100-igw) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF34-10E6 (registry code 30023, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-10e6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER ERJ 190-100 IGW
- Reported engine: GE CF34-10E6
- People aboard: 49
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240429004299I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 29, 2024, AT 21:31 LOCAL TIME, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ BOS TO RDU, BEGAN PUSHBACK OFF GATE C22.  PUSHBACK DRIVER OVERSTEERED THE PUSHBACK TUG RESULTING IN THE BREAKAGE OF THE TOWBAR PUSHBACK ATTACHMENT AND TOWBAR HEAD.  THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED FORWARD CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT RADOME TO CONTACT THE AFT RIGHT RIDE OF THE PUSHBACK TUG CAB, RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE RADOME.  “BRAKES” WAS CALLED, BUT NOT IN TIME TO STOP AIRCRAFT CONTACT WITH THE PUSHBACK TUG.  THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE GATE WITH A REPLACEMENT TUG AND PASSENGERS DEPLANED VIA JET BRIDGE.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO PASSENGERS OR CREW.

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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