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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 737-524 · Chicago, IL · July 16, 2007

Date: July 16, 2007 · 09:35 local
Place: Chicago, IL
Airport: Chicago Midway International
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: CALA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N32626
Reported as: Boeing 737524
Reported engine: GE CFM563B1
People aboard: 119
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 12,660 total389 in this make and model254 in the last 90 days

N32626Registration cancelled May 28, 2014 · Boeing 737-524S/N 27530 · Built 1995 Airframe modelBoeing 737-524 Engine modelCFM International CFM56 seriesTurbo-fan

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What happened

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(-23) On Monday July 16, 2007 the ord-fsdo received a phone message from Midway international airport operations that a Continental airlines 737, flight #1196 hit a jet way. Inspection on aircraft N32626, serial number 27530 revealed that the aircraft was being marshalled into gate C-2 under its own power and impacted the bottom corner of the jet way causing damage to the #1 engine nose cowl, a nick to one of the fan blades and two small gouges in the acoustical liner of the nose cowl. Inspectors interviewed one of the two wing walkers who said that they were using hand signals to marshal the aircraft into the spot and they were giving the head marshaller the stop signal because they could tell that the aircraft was not being marshalled in on the correct lead in line, but he was not watching them. The general manager for Continental airlines stated that the marshaller did in fact lead the aircraft in on the incorrect line and that is when the aircraft came in contact with the jet way.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON MONDAY JULY 16, 2007 THE ORD-FSDO RECEIVED A PHONE MESSAGE FROM MIDWAY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT OPERATIONS THAT A CONTINENTAL AIRLINES 737, FLIGHT #1196 HIT A JET WAY. INSPECTION ON AIRCRAFT N32626, SERIAL NUMBER 27530 REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING MARSHALLED INTO GATE C-2 UNDER ITS OWN POWER AND IMPACTED THE BOTTOM CORNER OF THE JET WAY CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE #1 ENGINE NOSE COWL, A NICK TO ONE OF THE FAN BLADES AND TWO SMALL GOUGES IN THE ACOUSTICAL LINER OF THE NOSE COWL. INSPECTORS INTERVIEWED ONE OF THE TWO WING WALKERS WHO SAID THAT THEY WERE USING HAND SIGNALS TO MARSHAL THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE SPOT AND THEY WERE GIVING THE HEAD MARSHALLER THE STOP SIGNAL BECAUSE THEY COULD TELL THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT BEING MARSHALLED IN ON THE CORRECT LEAD IN LINE, BUT HE WAS NOT WATCHING THEM. THE GENERAL MANAGER FOR CONTINENTAL AIRLINES STATED THAT THE MARSHALLER DID IN FACT LEAD THE AIRCRAFT IN ON THE INCORRECT LINE AND THAT IS WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE JET WAY.

Other reports on N32626 · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 20060116030699AEngine Run-Up · El Paso, TX(-23) On January 16, 2006, Continental airlines flight 1515, a Boeing 737-524 airplane, N32626 was preparing for departure from El Paso, international airport (elp) when a mechanic was fatally injured while performing maintenance. During the pre-departure…Jan 16, 2006 · Minor damage · 1 fatal