# Accident 20050808026099A: Boeing 737824, Newark, NJ, August 8, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2005, 12:30 local time
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Airport: Newark International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 40.7000° N, 74.1722° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7000&lon=-74.1722&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73270, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N73270) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-824 (registry code 13844BZ, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-824) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737824
- People aboard: 91
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 622 in this make and model, 193 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD05LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05LA118) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050808026099A

## Narrative

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

(-23) CALA FLT #1435, A B-737-824 WAS CLEARED TO TAXI WEST ON TAXIWAY "Y", WHILE TAXIING, AND ON THE CENTERLINE OF TAXIWAY "Y", THE B-737 CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE TAIL OF TWO C2XA EMBREAR 145 AIRCRAFT CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FIRST AIRCRAFT (N10575) AND CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE SECOND AIRCRAFT (N17185).

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB IAD05LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05LA118), Aug 8, 2005: Boeing 737-824 (N73270), Newark, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The airport's failure to install markings on a parking "block" that bordered the taxiway, which failed to provide adequate clearance between taxiing airplanes and airplanes parked in the block.…

## Other reports on N73270 (1)

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

- [Incident 20120415007139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120415007139I), Apr 15, 2012: Boeing 737-824 (N73270), Chicago, IL, Minor damage. After a 40 minute delay that night because of ramp closures due to thunderstorms and lightning, ual 1280 began a single-engine taxi using the bravo south line…

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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