OpenAirDocs.org

20081018849979I

Incident · Minor damage
Open the Markdown

FAA incident report · Boeing 737-7H4 · Phoenix, AZ · October 18, 2008

FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal

© OpenStreetMap
Date
October 18, 2008 · 07:20 local
Place
Phoenix, AZ
Airport
Phoenix Sky Harbor International
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
SWAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N902WN
Reported as
Boeing 7377H4
People aboard
38
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
N902WNRegistered now · Boeing 737-7H4S/N 36615 · Built 2007Airframe modelBoeing 737-7H4Engine modelCFM International CFM56-7B24 seriesTurbo-fan

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) While being pushed back from gate 1 at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (phx), flight 789, southwest airlines B-737, N902WN, struck aircraft N274WN, another southwest B0737. N902WN was attached with a tow bar to the tug and struck aircraft N274WN on the right horizontal stabilizer with its right winglet. Southwest aircraft N274WN was not occupied and was sitting at the gate.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE BEING PUSHED BACK FROM GATE 1 AT PHOENIX SKY HARBOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (PHX), FLIGHT 789, SOUTHWEST AIRLINES B-737, N902WN, STRUCK AIRCRAFT N274WN, ANOTHER SOUTHWEST B0737. N902WN WAS ATTACHED WITH A TOW BAR TO THE TUG AND STRUCK AIRCRAFT N274WN ON THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER WITH ITS RIGHT WINGLET. SOUTHWEST AIRCRAFT N274WN WAS NOT OCCUPIED AND WAS SITTING AT THE GATE.