# Incident 20070727016479I: Boeing 737724, Newark, NJ, July 27, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2007, 16:25 local time
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Airport: Newark Liberty International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 40.6925° N, 74.1687° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEWARK LIBERTY INTL (EWR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6925&lon=-74.1687&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14704, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N14704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-724 (registry code 13844BY, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-724) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737724
- People aboard: 112
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070727016479I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT 1625E CONTINENTAL AIRLINES FLIGHT NUMBER 881, A B-737-724, N14704, S/N 28765, WAS PUSHED BACK FROM GATE NUMBER 73 FOR DEPARTURE. WHILE BEING PULLED FORWARD BY THE TUG TO STRAIGHTEN OUT THE NOSE WHEEL THE LEFT WINGLET IMPACTED THE LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER OF CONTINENTAL AIRLINES AIRCRAFT N68160, A B767-224, S/N 30439, PARKED ON GATE 74. FLIGHT 881 WAS A LIVE FLIGHT AND THE B-767 HAD NO ONE ON BOARD. LOCAL AIRPORT AUTHORITIES RESPONDED AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AND THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO BOTH AIRCRAFT. RECORDED AT THE TEB FSDO AS INCIDENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. NOTE: ANY CORRECTIVE ACTION FOR THIS WILL BE UP TO THE CALA CMO.

## Other reports on N14704 (3)

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

- [Incident 20030518011059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030518011059I), May 18, 2003: Boeing 737724 (N14704), Omaha, NE. (-23) Continental airlines flight 1834 was enroute from phoenix, ax., to newark, NJ., when the right engine pressurization system failed. The aircraft diverted…
- [Incident 20030204002659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030204002659I), Feb 4, 2003: Boeing 737724 (N14704), Omaha, NE. (-23) Continental airlines flight 309 enroute from cleveland, OH. To san francisco, CA. Diverted into Omaha, NE. The crew shut the engine down and landed at…
- [Incident 20010814028289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010814028289I), Aug 14, 2001: Boeing 737724 (N14704), Newark, NJ. (-23) After landing r/w 4 rt pilot was instructed to make a left turn onto taxi way k then to turn rt onto taxiway papa to hold short of runway 4 left 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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