# Incident 20081221855059I: Cndair CL6002C10, Chicago, IL, December 21, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 2008, 22:07 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago O'Hare International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWIA
- Location: 41.9769° N, 87.9081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO O'HARE INTL (ORD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9769&lon=-87.9081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N753SK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N753SK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bombardier CL-600-2C10 (registry code 1390015, https://openairdocs.org/model/bombardier-cl-600-2c10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF34 series (registry code 30015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CNDAIR CL6002C10
- Reported engine: GE CF34*
- People aboard: 55
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 2,948 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081221855059I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE SKYWEST CRJ-7, AT GATE C2 WAS PUSHED BACK BY UNITED GROUND HANDLERS.  DUE TO THE RAMP CONDITIONS(ICY, SLUSHY, SNOW AND GLYCOL), APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET INTO THE PUSH, THE LEKTRO (A TOW BARLESS TRACTOR) LOST TRACTION.  THE CREW TRIED TO RECOVER THE PUSH BY PULLING AIRCRAFT BACK INTO THE GATE AND THEN PUSHING BACK AGAIN SEVERAL TIMES, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AGAIN DUE TO LOST TRACTION.  THE CREW WAS UNABLE OT TURN THE CRJ-Y'S TAIL SOURTH TO HIT THE "MARK" AND DECIED TO PUSH THE AIRCRAFT STRAIGHT BACK PUTTING THE AIRCRAFT OVER THE 'ZIPPER LINE' BY APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET.  AS THE GROUND HANDLERS ATTEMPTED TO REPLACE LEKTRO (THAT HAD NOW LOST BATTERY POWER) WITH A TOW BAR PUSH, THE AER LINGUS A-330 AIRCRAFT, ON TAXIWAY 'A', STRUCK THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER WITH ITS RIGHT WINGLET.

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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