# Incident 19960121006869I: Boeing 7373H4, Reno, NV, January 21, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 1996, 10:12 local time
- Place: Reno, NV
- Airport: Reno Cannon International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 39.5296° N, 119.8138° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Reno, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5296&lon=-119.8138&mi=10
- Aircraft: N601WN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N601WN-2024-01-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-3H4 (registry code 138447K, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-3h4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7373H4
- People aboard: 96
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,500 total, 7,000 in this make and model, 275 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960121006869I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: A COLLISION OCCURED BETWEEN SOUTHWEST FLIGHT 626 AND A TOUR BUS. SOUTHWEST WAS PROCEEDING TO GATE C3 AND WAS FOLLOWING THE YELLOW LEAD IN LINE TO THE GATE WHEN ITS LEFT WING STRUCK A TOUR BUS WHICH WAS BEING ESCORTED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. RENO AIRPORT POLICE ISSUED A WRITTEN WARNING NOTICE TO ESCORT VEHICLE'S OPERATOR FOR FAILURE TO YIELD RIGHT OF WAY. AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO LEFT WING LEADING EDGE AND FLAP ASSEMBLY. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED ON SOUTHWEST FLIGHT 626. FOUR (4) PASSENGERS REPORTED INJURIES ON TOUR BUS BUT REFUSED TREATMENT REFERENCE RENO AIRPORT POLICE CASE NO. 0196-0060 WHICH WAS REVIEWED FOR DATA FOR THIS REPORT. FAA AIRPORTS DIVISION WAS NOTIFIED OF INCIDENT. NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED. REPORT CLOSED.

## Other reports on N601WN (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20040913023109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040913023109A), Sep 13, 2004: Boeing 7373H4 (N601WN), Los Angeles, CA. (-23) The southwest aircraft was following a B-747 aircraft at the same altitude and approximately 5 miles in trail when they encountered wake-turbulence from…

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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