# Incident 20080217011189I: Emb ERJ170100SU, Washington, DC, February 17, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 2008, 10:15 local time
- Place: Washington, DC
- Airport: Ronald Reagan Washington Natio
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: R61A
- Location: 38.8583° N, 77.0417° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8583&lon=-77.0417&mi=10
- Aircraft: N828MD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N828MD-2017-12-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer ERJ 170-100SU (registry code 3260403, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-erj-170-100su) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF34 series (registry code 30015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB ERJ170100SU
- People aboard: 25
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,100 total, 1,683 in this make and model, 215 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA08CA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA08CA041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080217011189I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING REPOSITION TO THE RUNUP BLOCK SHORT OF RUNWAY 19 AT DCA, A US AIRWAYS EXPRESS FLIGHT NUMBER 3416 (N828MD), AN EMBRAER ERJ 170 HIT THE WING OF US AIRWAY FLIGHT NUMBER 2166 (752US) AN AIRBUS A319-112. THE LEFT WING TIP FIN WAS DAMAGED ON THE EMBRAER. THE WING TIP FIN WILL BE REPLACED. THE AIRBUS WAS DAMAGED ON THE RIGHT WING AILERON AND WING TIP. BOTH UNITS REQUIRE REPLACEMENT. BY THE STATEMENTS RECEIVED BY THE CREW OF THE EMBRAER THEY MISJUDGED THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRBUS WAS SITTING STILL IN POSITION. THE CREW WAS DISTRACTED BY ANOTHER AIRCRAFT TAXIING OUT. THIS INCIDENT WAS ASAP BY THE AIR CARRIER AND WAS ACCEPTED BY THE ASAP COORDINATOR.

## 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 DCA08CA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA08CA041), Feb 17, 2008: Embraer ERJ170 (N828MD), Washington, DC, minor damage. Probable cause: Inadequate ground separation maintained by the pilot of the Embraer E170.

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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