# Incident 20010814028031I: Boeing 737832, Newark, NJ, August 14, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2001, 22:15 local time
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Airport: Newark International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 40.7242° N, 74.1726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newark, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7242&lon=-74.1726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3745B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3745B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-832 (registry code 13844CF, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-832) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737832
- People aboard: 128
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010814028031I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 08/14/2001, @2215L, DALA B737-800, FLT #446 STRUCK CALA B737-800, FLT #368, IN THE UNDERSIDE OF THE TAIL JUST FWD OF THE AUX. POWER UNIT EXHUST DUCT W/IT'S LEFT WING TIP. DALA HAD CLEARED RNWY 4L ON THE HIGH-SPEED TURNOFF LIMA TAXIWAY & WAS CLEARED, BY EWR TOWER, TO TAXI ON LIMA TO INTERCEPT PAPA TAXIWAY TO WHISKEY TAXIWAY. CALA WAS BEHIND A CALA MD-80 A/C HOLDING ON YANKEE TAXIWAY WAITING TO CROSS RNWY 4R. MEASUREMENTS TAKEN OF THIS SITUATION SHOWED THAT DALA A/C WOULD HAVE CLEARED CALA A/C TAIL BY 50 FT IF EVERY FOOT OF YANKEE TAXIWAY WAS UTILIZED BY THE TWO CALA A/C'S. A/C DO NOT USE EVERY FOOT OF SPACE, DUE TO FLT DECK VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS. THIS CAUSED THE TWO A/C TO LOSE SEPARATION, SO EVEN THOUGH THE DALA A/C WAS ON THE CENTERLINE OF LIMA TAXIWAY, THE SEPARATION WAS LOST. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE NIGHT VISIBILITY, & A/C WING TIP POSITION RELATIVE TO FLT DECK.

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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