# Incident 20051020029749I: Boeing 777224, Houston, TX, October 20, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 2005, 15:50 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Houston Intercontinental Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57016, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N57016) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 777-224 (registry code 1385225, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-777-224) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE GE90-90B (registry code 30036, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-ge90-90b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 777224
- People aboard: 261
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 26,150 total, 1,556 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051020029749I

## Narrative

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

(-23) CONTINENTAL 34, B777, HOUSTON/BUSH AIRPORT, OCTOBER 20, 2005, WHILE TAXIING FOR DEPARTURE STRUCK TAIL END OF AMERICAN 1383, MD80, WITH THE WING TIP. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO AAL1383, MINOR DAMAGE TO COA 34. NO INJURIES REPORTED.

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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