20060125011699I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 737-7H4 · Baltimore, MD · January 25, 2006

Date
January 25, 2006 · 16:45 local
Place
Baltimore, MD
Airport
Baltimore-Washington International
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
SWAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N792SW
Reported as
Boeing 7377H4
Fatal injuries
0

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) Swaa flt# 132 (B-737) hit airport fence during pushback from gate A-8 "alley" at bwi. Wingwalker reported they were at a bad angle and could not stop the tug operator in time. Right wing winglet struck fence resulting in the replacement of winglet and a section of the airport security fence.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) SWAA FLT# 132 (B-737) HIT AIRPORT FENCE DURING PUSHBACK FROM GATE A-8 "ALLEY" AT BWI. WINGWALKER REPORTED THEY WERE AT A BAD ANGLE AND COULD NOT STOP THE TUG OPERATOR IN TIME. RIGHT WING WINGLET STRUCK FENCE RESULTING IN THE REPLACEMENT OF WINGLET AND A SECTION OF THE AIRPORT SECURITY FENCE.