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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Airbus A319-131 · Washington, DC · February 24, 2008

Date
February 24, 2008 · 16:20 local
Place
Washington, DC
Airport
Washington Dulles International
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
UALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N837UA
Reported as
Airbus A319131
People aboard
91
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,454 total146 in this make and model147 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) At approximately 1820L united flight 783, N837UA, an Airbus 319 was parked in the 19L run-up block awaiting take off clearance with the parking brake set. United express flight 7681, N637RW an Embraer 170, was cleared into the run-up block next to the parked Airbus. As the Embraer 170, N637RW taxied into the run-up block the left wing tip struck the right wing tip of the parked Airbus, N837UA. No passengers or crew were injured. Upon arrival of the iic 1900L it was determined that the Embraer, N637RW was not safe to de-plane the passengers. The passengers of the Airbus N837UA, were deplaned and the strut on the Airbus was inflated to lift the weight of the wing of the Embraer, N637RW. The passengers were then deplaned off of the Embraer, N637RW.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 1820L UNITED FLIGHT 783, N837UA, AN AIRBUS 319 WAS PARKED IN THE 19L RUN-UP BLOCK AWAITING TAKE OFF CLEARANCE WITH THE PARKING BRAKE SET. UNITED EXPRESS FLIGHT 7681, N637RW AN EMBRAER 170, WAS CLEARED INTO THE RUN-UP BLOCK NEXT TO THE PARKED AIRBUS. AS THE EMBRAER 170, N637RW TAXIED INTO THE RUN-UP BLOCK THE LEFT WING TIP STRUCK THE RIGHT WING TIP OF THE PARKED AIRBUS, N837UA. NO PASSENGERS OR CREW WERE INJURED. UPON ARRIVAL OF THE IIC 1900L IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE EMBRAER, N637RW WAS NOT SAFE TO DE-PLANE THE PASSENGERS. THE PASSENGERS OF THE AIRBUS N837UA, WERE DEPLANED AND THE STRUT ON THE AIRBUS WAS INFLATED TO LIFT THE WEIGHT OF THE WING OF THE EMBRAER, N637RW. THE PASSENGERS WERE THEN DEPLANED OFF OF THE EMBRAER, N637RW.

Other reports on N837UA · 1

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