# Incident 20120420012581I: Embraer EMB-120ER, Los Angeles, CA, April 20, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 2012, 20:15 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Los Angeles International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWIA
- Location: 33.9425° N, 118.4080° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOS ANGELES INTL (LAX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9425&lon=-118.4080&mi=10
- Aircraft: N567SW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N567SW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-120ER (registry code 3260203, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-120er) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW118 (registry code 52116, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw118) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER EMB-120ER
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW118
- People aboard: 28
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 6,173 total, 4,529 in this make and model, 206 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120420012581I

## Narrative

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

ON 04/20/2012,  AT APPROXIMATELY 20:15 PDT, SKYWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT #6310, AN EMB-120 (N567SW), LOS ANGELES (LAX) TO PALM SPRINGS (PSP), CLIPPED THE WING OF ANOTHER AIRCRAFT WHILE PUSHING BACK FROM GATE 71B2.  SKYWEST 6310 HAD 28 SOULS ON BOARD WITH NO REPORTED INJURIES. DURING PUSHBACK,  THE LEFT WING STRUCK ANOTHER SKYWEST EMB -120 (N562SW), WHICH WAS EMPTY AND PARKED AT GATE 71B1. THE AIRCRAFT PUSHING BACK HAD WING WALKERS ON BOTH WINGS. THE COLLISION OCCURRED AS THE PUSHBACK DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO MANEUVER N567SW TO AVOID A GROUND FUELING PORT GRATE, CAUSING THE LEFT WINGTIP TO STRIKE THE RIGHT WINGTIP OF AIRCRAFT N562SW. ACCORDING TO THE LEFT WING WALKER,  HE INDICATED TO THE DRIVER TO STOP,  BUT THE DRIVER CONTINUED PUSHING BACK UNTIL IMPACT OCCURRED.  DAMAGE TO THE PARKED AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF A RIGHT BROKEN NAV LIGHT HOUSING AND RIGHT WINGTIP FAIRING DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT PUSHING BACK SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE TRAILING EDGE LEFT WINGTIP FAIRING ASSEMBLY.  PASSENGERS WERE SUBSEQUENTLY DEPLANED.

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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