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.
The Aviation Herald
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