# Incident 20080301012782I: Boeing 7373H4, Dallas, TX, March 1, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 2008, 10:12 local time
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: Dallas Love Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 32.8453° N, 96.8525° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8453&lon=-96.8525&mi=10
- Aircraft: N652SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N652SW-2021-12-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-3H4 (registry code 138447K, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-3h4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7373H4
- Reported engine: GE CFM56*
- People aboard: 137
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,250 total, 10,980 in this make and model, 249 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08IA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08IA074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080301012782I

## Narrative

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

(-23) BOTH FLIGHT CREWS WERE ACCEPTED INTO THE AVIATION SAFEY ACTION PROGRAM (A.S.A.P.) WHERE THEIR CASES WILL BE INVESTIGATED. AT 10:12 AM ON MARCH 1, 2008, SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 411 (N741SA B-737-700 WITH WINGLETS) WAS TAXIING SOUTHBOUND TO GATE 2 AT DALLAS LOVE FIELD WHEN THEIR LEFT WINGLET STRUCK THE LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER OF SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 15 (N652SW B-737-300). THE CAPTAIN OF 411 WAS ADVISED BY HIS FIRST OFFICER THAT THE CLEARANCE LOOKED TOO CLOSE, BUT THE CAPTAIN BELIEVED HE HAD ENOUGH CLEARANCE FROM FLT 15. SWA WAS UNDER THE MISCONCEPTION THAT ATC WAS CONTROLLING THEIR PUSH BACKS, AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT SWA WAS UNABLE TO PUSHBACK FROM THE WEST GATES WITHOUT INFRINGING ON THE MOVEMENT AREA. FLIGHT 15 HAD JUST COMPLETED A PUSHBACK FROM GATE 11 TOWARDS ACTIVE TAXIWAY "D". THE TUG HAD DEPARTED, AND FLIGHT 15 WAS STATIONARY, BRAKES LOCKED, AND AWAITING CLEARANCE TO TAXI FOR TAKEOFF. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. AFTER A SHORT DELAY OF LESS THAN 30 MINUTES, BOTH AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED TO THEIR RESPECTIVE GATES.

## 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 DFW08IA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08IA074), Mar 1, 2008: Boeing 737-3H4 (N652SW), Dallas, TX, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The failure of the taxiing flight crew to maintain an adequate clearance from the stationary airplane.

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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