# Incident 20051215029949I: Boeing 76734AF, Houston, TX, December 15, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 2005, 18:06 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: IPXA
- Location: 29.9844° N, 95.3414° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9844&lon=-95.3414&mi=10
- Aircraft: N319UP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N319UP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 767-34AF (registry code 1385212, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-34af) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF6-80 series (registry code 30025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf6-80-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 76734AF
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 6,500 in this make and model, 84 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW06IA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06IA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051215029949I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 15, 2005, AT 1805 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME (CST), A BOEING 767-34AF CARGO-CONFIGURED AIRPLANE, N319UP, OPERATED BY UNITED PARCEL SERVICE (UPS) AT FLIGHT 2774 SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO ITS LEFT WING WHEN IT STRUCK THE TAIL CONE OF A BOEING 737-924 PASSENGER-CONFIGURED AIRPLANE, N32404 OPERATED BY CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC. AS FLIGHT 1423, WHILE TAXIING FROM LANDING AT GEORGE BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL/HOUSTON AIRPORT (IAH), HOUSTON, TEXAS. N32404, WHICH ALSO SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO ITS TAIL CONE AND LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, WAS HOLDING SHORT OF ITS GATE AREA. THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES TO THE FLIGHT CREW OR PASSENGERS OF EITHER PLANE. HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL (IAH) GROUND CONTROL HAD CLEARED N319UP TO THE RAMP VIA TAXIWAY "SF" AFTER IT HAD LANDED FROM RUNWAY 27. ACCORDING TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES, N32404 WAS STOPPED AND WAS WAITING TO ENTER GATE E-23 WITH 167 PASSENGERS. AFTER THE COLLISION, THE PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED ON THE RAMP.

## 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 DFW06IA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06IA025), Dec 16, 2005: Boeing 767-300ER (N319UP), Houston, TX, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The captain's failure to maintain clearance from a parked airplane awaiting for a gate. A contributing factor was that taxi procedures were not issued by ground control to advise the captain that the…

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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