# Incident 20250911015359I: Airbus Canada Lp BD-500-1A11, Richmond, VA, September 11, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 2025, 12:10 local time
- Place: Richmond, VA
- Airport: Richmond International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: YENA
- Location: 37.5052° N, 77.3197° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RICHMOND INTL (RIC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5052&lon=-77.3197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3257J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3257J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus Canada LP BD-500-1A11 (registry code 1400015, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-canada-lp-bd-500-1a11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW1524G SERIE (registry code 51770, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw1524g-serie) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS CANADA LP BD-500-1A11
- Reported engine: P & W PW1524G SERIE
- 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/20250911015359I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2025 AT 1210 EDT, DURING PUSHBACK OF JBU 1282 (^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AN AIRBUS A220 (BCS3), FROM GATE A2 AT RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (RIC), THE GROUND AIRLINE TRANSPORTATION (GAT) PUSHBACK CREW PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT LEFT WING INTO THE GLASS WINDOWS OF THE TERMINAL BUILDING. PART OF THE IMBEDDED WINGLET WAS TORN FROM THE WING. RIC AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER FILED AN 8020-9 REPORT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED THE LEFT-HAND WINGLET, PERFORMED AN ON-GROUND CONTACT TO COMPOSITE STRUCTURE (PHASE 1) – SPECIAL IRREGULAR INSPECTION BD500-A-J05-51-42-01AAA-284A-A, INCLUDING A HFEC (HIGH-FREQUENCY EDDY CURRENT) NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING (NDT) INSPECTION, AND INSTALLED A REPLACEMENT LEFT-HAND WINGLET PER AVIATION MAINTENANCE PROGRAM (AMP). AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY RETURNED TO SERVICE ON SEPTEMBER 23RD.

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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