# Accident 20050820027299A: Boeing 75733N, Chicago, IL, August 20, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2005, 08:55 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago Midway
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AMTA
- Location: 41.7875° N, 87.7542° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7875&lon=-87.7542&mi=10
- Aircraft: N557TZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 75733N
- People aboard: 167
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 2,298 in this make and model, 76 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05LA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA238) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050820027299A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 20, 2005 AT 8:55, AMERICAN TRANS AIR FLIGHT 4625, A B-757-300 DEPARTING CHICAGO-MIDWAY FOR SAN FRANCISCO, STRUCK A METAL PERIMETER FENCE WITH THE RIGHT WING TIP WHILE TURNING ONTO RUNWAY 22L FROM TAXIWAY Y. NO EVACUATION INDICATED AND NO INJURIES AS A RESULT, PAX DEPLANED USING STAIRS AND BUSSED TO TERMINAL X.

## 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 CHI05LA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA238), Aug 20, 2005: Boeing 757-33N (N557TZ), Chicago, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flightcrew's failure to maintain clearance from a fence while taxiing.

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.