# Incident 20000329023099I: Emb EMB145LR, Chicago, IL, March 29, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 2000, 17:50 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago-O Hare International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SIMA
- Location: 41.9769° N, 87.9081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO O'HARE INTL (ORD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9769&lon=-87.9081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N635AE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N635AE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-145LR (registry code 3260212, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-145lr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison AE-3007A (registry code 03030, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-ae-3007a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB145LR
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000329023099I

## Narrative

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

(-23)AMERICAN EAGLE FLIGTH 4235 (SIMA 4135) WAS HOLDING SHORT OF GATE G-19 WAITING FOR THE GROUND CREW. THE FLIGHT CREWMEMBERS CLAIM ANOTHER AIRCRAFT CLIPPED THE AFT TAILCONE OF HTE AIRCRAFT.  THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THIS INCIDENT.  ALL POSSIBLE AIRCRAFT INVOLVED WERE INSPECTED AND NO DAMAGE WAS FOUND TO OTHER AIRCRAFT.  THE OTHER AIRCRAFT COULD NOT BY IDENTIFIED OR LOCATED.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT.  THE DAMAGED AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED BY A FAA INSPECTOR.  THE DAMAGE WAS CONSISTANT WITH THE PILOT STATMENT, NAMELY ANOTHER AIRCRAFT WING STRUCK THE AFT TAILCONE.  REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N635AE (1)

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

- [Incident 20041029028739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041029028739I), Oct 29, 2004: Emb EMB145LR (N635AE), Dubuque, IA, Minor damage. (-23) N635AE, American eagle flight number 4053, was landing at Dubuque Regional Airport (dbq), Dubuque, Iowa October 30, 2004, when the aircraft departed…

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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