# Incident 20091129052032I: Douglas DC-10-30F, Salt Lake City, UT, November 29, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 29, 2009, 07:09 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake City International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FDEA
- Location: 40.7884° N, 111.9778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALT LAKE CITY INTL (SLC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7884&lon=-111.9778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N318FE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N318FE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas MD-10-30F (registry code 3024020, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-md-10-30f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF6-50C2 (registry code 30085, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf6-50c2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUGLAS DC-10-30F
- Reported engine: GE CF6-50 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 8,061 total, 616 in this make and model, 105 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091129052032I

## Narrative

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

ON 11/29/09, AT APPROXIMATELY 07:09 MST, A FEDX DC-10 TAXIING NORTH ON H CLIPPED THE RIGHT WINGLET OF A SWAA B-737.  THE TOP HALF OF THE WINGLET WAS SEVERED OFF OF THE 737 AND THE DC-10 INCURRED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LEFT WING SLAT APPROXIMATELY 4-5 FEET INBOARD .PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT THE SWAA #5506 REQUESTED A PUSH-BACK CLEARANCE AT GATE B13 FROM SLC ATCT.  THEY WERE INSTRUCTED "CLEARED TO PUSH, START ENGINES YOUR DISCRETION, ADVISE READY TO TAXI".  THE TUG OPERATOR PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO AN AREA WHICH AFFORDED CLEARANCE FOR THE WINGS TO CLEAR ANY OBSTACLES AT WHICH TIME THE AIRCRAFT WAS TURNED APPROXIMATELY 90 DEGREES WHICH PLACED THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT HEADING NORTH.  HOWEVER, THIS POSITION LEFT THE NOSE WHEEL ON THE LINE WHICH SEPARATES THE NON-MOVEMENT AREA (RAMP) AND TAXIWAY H. THIS PLACED THE RIGHT HALF OF THE FUSELAGE AND THE RIGHT WING PORTRUDING INTO TAXIWAY H.  APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES AFTER SWAA WAS ISSUED THE PUSH BACK A FEDX DC-10, FLIGHT #FDX 876 WAS CLEARED FROM THE SOUTH CARGO RAMP TO 16L VIA H.   AS THE DC-10 APPROACHED THE 737 THE CREW WAS UNAWARE THAT THE LEFT WING OF THE DC-10 DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH CLEARANCE TO MISS THE RIGHT WING OF THE 737 AND THE WINGLET ON THE 737 WAS CUT-OFF.  THE DC-10 CREW WAS UNAWARE OF THE INCIDENT UNTIL THE SWAA CREW REPORTED IT TO ATC.  THE DC-10 WAS THEN INSTRUCTED TO PROCEED TO RWY 16L AND RETURN TO THE FEDX RAMP.  THE VISUAL CONDITIONS WERE VMC BUT IT WAS FAIRLY DARK WHICH LEFT THE DC-10 CREW WITH IMPAIRED VISION.  THEY KNEW THAT THEY HAD THE CLEARANCE FOR H AND THAT ATC WOULD NOT ALLOW THEM TO PROCEED WITH THE TAXI IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT WOULD RESULT IN AN INCIDENT, SUCH AS OCCURRED.THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE ATCT WAS UNAWARE THAT, IN MANY INSTANCES, THE SWAA 737 MUST ENTER TAXI-WAY H, TO SOME EXTENT OR ANOTHER, IN ORDER TO HAVE THE CLEARANCE TO SWING THE AIRCRAFT INTO A POSITION TO REQUEST AND PROCEED FOR TAXI ON H.POST INCIDENT, SWAA, SLC ATCT AND SLC AIRPORTS, HAVE DEVELOPED A NEW PROCEDURE TO PREVENT A REOCCURRANCE OF THIS TYPE OF INCIDENT.  BASICALLY, SWAA HAS PUBLISHED INSTRUCTIONS TO THEIR CREWS THAT THEY MUST REQUEST A PUSH CLEARANCE AND TO EXPECT SOME DELAY PRIOR TO PUSH IF ANOTHER AIRCRAFT IS ON H AT WHICH TIME ATC WILL CLEAR THEM TO PUSH.DUE TO THE POSSIBLE CONFUSION ON THE PART OF THE SWAA CREW AND THE FEDX CREW AND THE LIMITED VISION PRESENT AT THE TIME AND THE SWAA CREWS BEING HANDLED AND PUSHED AS WAS CUSTOMERY FROM PAST PRACTICE, IT WAS DETERMINED NOT APPRORIATE TO VIOLATE THE CREWS OR OPERATORS. TOTAL PILOT TIME IN THE LAST YEAR HAS BEEN REQUESTED AND WILL FILE AN AMENDMENT IF IT IS RECEIVED.THIS REPORT IS RELATED TO SLC ATCT REPORT, #SLC-ATCT-031 AND SLC AIRPORT POLICE REPORT #210407.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N925WN, Boeing 737-7H4: [Incident 20091129052042I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091129052042I)

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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