20050831023019I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 737-3H4 · Tampa, FL · August 31, 2005

Date
August 31, 2005 · 15:00 local
Place
Tampa, FL
Airport
Tampa International
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
SWAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N339SW
Reported as
Boeing 7373H4
People aboard
111
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,000 total7,000 in this make and model122 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Southwest airlines flt. #394, a B-737-7H4, registration N793SA, left the tpa ramp for a departure to phx on r/w 18R. Southwest airlines flt. #96, a B-737-3HR, registration number N339SW was holding in the number one spot for take-off to bwi, at the entry to r/w 18R. N793SA was taxiing past and to the right of N339SW, when its left winglet hit the right horizontal stabilizer aft outboard tip section of N339SW. Both aircraft returned to the tpa southwest airside c, gates 30 and 32. The left winglet of N793SA had its leading edge metal strip dented and the outb'd side of the winglet scraped. N339SW had the aft section of the horizontal stabilizer tip and a triangular section of the outer aft section broken off by the impact. There were no injuries involved to either aircraft passengers or crew members. The PIC of N793SA acknowledged responsibility for this incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FLT. #394, A B-737-7H4, REGISTRATION N793SA, LEFT THE TPA RAMP FOR A DEPARTURE TO PHX ON R/W 18R. SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FLT. #96, A B-737-3HR, REGISTRATION NUMBER N339SW WAS HOLDING IN THE NUMBER ONE SPOT FOR TAKE-OFF TO BWI, AT THE ENTRY TO R/W 18R. N793SA WAS TAXIING PAST AND TO THE RIGHT OF N339SW, WHEN ITS LEFT WINGLET HIT THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AFT OUTBOARD TIP SECTION OF N339SW. BOTH AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE TPA SOUTHWEST AIRSIDE C, GATES 30 AND 32. THE LEFT WINGLET OF N793SA HAD ITS LEADING EDGE METAL STRIP DENTED AND THE OUTB'D SIDE OF THE WINGLET SCRAPED. N339SW HAD THE AFT SECTION OF THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER TIP AND A TRIANGULAR SECTION OF THE OUTER AFT SECTION BROKEN OFF BY THE IMPACT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES INVOLVED TO EITHER AIRCRAFT PASSENGERS OR CREW MEMBERS. THE PIC OF N793SA ACKNOWLEDGED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS INCIDENT.