# Incident 19970420012311I: Boeing 747*, Houston, TX, April 20, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 1997, 21:15 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Houston Intercontinental Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: KRDF
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: PHBUL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970420012311I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: KLM FLIGHT 662'S RIGHT WINGTIP MADE CONTACT WITH THE LEFT WINGTIP OF AN AIR FRANCE B-767 IN THE RUN UP AREA OF R14L AT IAH. RUNUP AREA OF 14L IS MARGINAL FOR TWO JUMBO'S. NO FUEL SPILL. BOTH AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE GATE. NTSB, NEW YORK IFO SUPERVISOR AND ASW-201 NOTIFIED.

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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