# Incident 20050808032619I: Emb EMB145XR, Newark, NJ, August 8, 2005

- Type: FAA incident 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: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: C2XA
- 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: N17185, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N17185) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-145XR (registry code 3260214, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-145xr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce AE3007 series (registry code 54582, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-ae3007-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB145XR
- People aboard: 37
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,600 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050808032619I

## Narrative

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

(-23) C2XA FLT #2896, AN EMB-145-XR, N17185 WAS PARKED BETWEEN TAXIWAYS "W" AND "Y" FACING NORTH PENDING DEPARTURE FROM EWR AIRPORT. BOTH ENGINES WERE SHUT DOWN WITH APU RUNNING. CALA B-737-824, N73270 WAS CLEARED TO TAXI WEST ON TAXIWAY "Y". THE B-737S RIGHT WING TIP CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE VERTICAL STABILIZER OF THE EMB-145-XR, N17185, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RUDDER AREA. THE B-737 WAS ON THE CENTERLINE OF TAXIWAY "Y" WHEN THE CONTACT TOOK PLACE.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.