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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 737-7H4 · Denver, CO · January 30, 2012

Date
January 30, 2012 · 09:44 local
Place
Denver, CO
Airport
Denver International
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
SWAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N222WN
Reported as
Boeing 737-7H4
Reported engine
GE CFM56 series
People aboard
0
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
13,925 total13,925 in this make and model171 in the last 90 days

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.

Captain privacy data omitted was in command of southwest airlines flight 792 from los angeles, CA to Denver co. on January 30, 2012. He was flying a Boeing 737-700, N222WN. When the flight arrived in Denver the gate for the flight was occupied so privacy data omitted was advised to park north of the c terminal in the overflow parking area. In the process of parking the aircraft captain privacy data omitted failed to see a light pole and struck the pole with the left wing while taxiing,damaging the leading edge of the left wing and knocking the pole down. This incident happened at approximately 0944 MST.

As the FAA filed it

CAPTAIN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS IN COMMAND OF SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 792 FROM LOS ANGELES, CA TO DENVER CO. ON JANUARY 30, 2012. HE WAS FLYING A BOEING 737-700, N222WN. WHEN THE FLIGHT ARRIVED IN DENVER THE GATE FOR THE FLIGHT WAS OCCUPIED SO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ADVISED TO PARK NORTH OF THE C TERMINAL IN THE OVERFLOW PARKING AREA. IN THE PROCESS OF PARKING THE AIRCRAFT CAPTAIN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FAILED TO SEE A LIGHT POLE AND STRUCK THE POLE WITH THE LEFT WING WHILE TAXIING,DAMAGING THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LEFT WING AND KNOCKING THE POLE DOWN. THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED AT APPROXIMATELY 0944 MST.