# Incident 20120130001579I: Boeing 737-7H4, Denver, CO, January 30, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 2012, 09:44 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Denver International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 39.8617° N, 104.6732° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DENVER INTL (DEN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8617&lon=-104.6732&mi=10
- Aircraft: N222WN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N222WN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-7H4 (registry code 1384404, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-7h4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CFM56 series (registry code 30016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-7H4
- Reported engine: GE CFM56 SERIES
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 13,925 total, 13,925 in this make and model, 171 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120130001579I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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