# Incident 20050831023019I: Boeing 7373H4, Tampa, FL, August 31, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2005, 15:00 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Airport: Tampa International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 27.9755° N, 82.5332° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TAMPA INTL (TPA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9755&lon=-82.5332&mi=10
- Aircraft: N339SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N339SW-2018-02-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-3H4 (registry code 138447K, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-3h4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7373H4
- People aboard: 111
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 7,000 in this make and model, 122 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050831023019I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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