# Incident 20090309004249I: Boeing 7377H4, Albany, NY, March 9, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 2009, 12:37 local time
- Place: Albany, NY
- Airport: Albany International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 42.7491° N, 73.8020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBANY INTL (ALB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7491&lon=-73.8020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N267WN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N267WN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-7H4 (registry code 1384404, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-7h4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56-7B24 series (registry code 13044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-7b24-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7377H4
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090309004249I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 03/09/2009, AT APPROXIMATELY 12:25, GROUND OPERATIONS CREW PREPARED THE AIRCRAFT FOR PUSH-BACK FROM THE GATE TO THE DE-ICING PAD "A".  ONCE THE DUAL BOARDING BRIDGE (DBB) WAS RETRACTED, SWAA PERSONNEL BEGUN PUSHING THE AIRCRAFT BACK.  AS PUSH BACK WAS IN PROGRESS, APPROXIMATELY TWENTY TO THIRTY FEET, THE TUG DRIVER STARTED TO TURN THE AIRCRAFT TO HIS RIGHT.  AS A RESULT, THE LEFT WINGLET PASSED SLIGHTLY UNDER THE DUAL BOARDING BRIDGE.  AT THE SAME TIME, A PHOTO CELL SENSOR IN FRONT OF THE DBB, DETECTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLEAR OF THE GATE AREA.  AT THIS POINT, THE DBB, WENT INTO THE NORMAL PARK MODE AND STARTED TO DESCEND TO A LOWER LEVEL.  AS A RESULT, THE WINGLET ENCOUNTERED MAJOR DAMAGE, DUE TO THE DOWNWARD FORCES OF THE DBB.  AIRCRAFT WAS THEN IMMEDIATELY REPOSITIONED BACK TO THE GATE BY GROUND OPERATIONS CREW.  AS A PRE-CAUTIONARY MEASURE, AIRPORT MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL SHUT DOWN THE DBB SYSTEM.  FLIGHT CREW SECURED THE AIRCRAFT, AND DEPLANED 137 PASSENGERS.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

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