United B737 at New York on Aug 20th 2016, wing tip strike on go around

Last Update: August 22, 2016 / 21:06:36 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 20, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-1958

Departure
Houston Intercontinental, United States

Destination
New York La Guardia, United States

Aircraft Registration
N13716

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700

ICAO Type Designator
B737

A United Boeing 737-700, registration N13716 performing flight UA-1958 from Houston Intercontinental,TX to New York La Guardia,NY (USA), was on final approach to La Guardia's runway 13 following a localizer approach runway 22 circling 13 at about 19:57L (23:57Z), when the aircraft went around from low height, tower observed a wing of the aircraft touch the runway surface. The aircraft climbed to 3000 feet and joined another approach to runway 22 circle runway 13, tower advised a runway inspection was in progress. The runway inspection reported (illegible), tower queried the aircraft whether they copied the transmission, the crew acknowledged but advised "they wanted to get this thing onto the ground" and declared emergency. The aircraft circled to runway 13 and landed without further incident. After landing tower advised the crew that the runway inspection had picked up some debris from the runway.

The FAA rated the occurrence an incident and reported on a go around the winglet struck the runway resulting in "unknown damage".

The occurrence aircraft resumed service after about 15 hours on the ground.

Metars:
KLGA 210151Z 15007KT 10SM FEW027 SCT060 26/21 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP130 T02610206
KLGA 210051Z 15008KT 10SM FEW028 SCT250 26/21 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP128 T02610206
KLGA 202351Z 14010KT 10SM FEW028 SCT250 27/20 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP125 60003 T02670200 10294 20239 53001
KLGA 202251Z 14009KT 10SM FEW028 FEW060 SCT250 28/19 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP120 T02780194
KLGA 202151Z 15012KT 10SM FEW025 SCT065 BKN250 28/20 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP122 T02830200
KLGA 202051Z 11009KT 10SM FEW050 SCT110 28/22 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP123 60003 T02780217 58008
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 20, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-1958

Departure
Houston Intercontinental, United States

Destination
New York La Guardia, United States

Aircraft Registration
N13716

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700

ICAO Type Designator
B737

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