# Incident 20120426006659I: Bombardier Inc CL-600-2B19, El Paso, TX, April 26, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 2012, 11:43 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWIA
- Location: 31.7587° N, 106.4869° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Paso, TX, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7587&lon=-106.4869&mi=10
- Aircraft: N962SW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N962SW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bombardier CL-600-2B19 (registry code 1390008, https://openairdocs.org/model/bombardier-cl-600-2b19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF34 series (registry code 30015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2B19
- Reported engine: GE CF34 SERIES
- People aboard: 24
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 11,984 total, 7,926 in this make and model, 202 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120426006659I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 26, 2012 AT 1143 MDT, N962SW, A BOMBARDIER CL-600-2B19, STRUCK A JET BRIDGE WITH  ITS LEFT WINGLET AS IT ATTEMPTED TO TAXI AWAY FROM THE GATE UNDER ITS OWN POWER.  THE FLIGHT WAS BEING OPERATED  UNDER 14 CFR PART 121 AS UNITED EXPRESS FLIGHT 5306 BY SKYWEST AIRLINES.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PASSENGERS AND CREW AND AN EVACUATION WAS NOT INITIATED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N962SW (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20060530015759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060530015759I), May 30, 2006: Cndair CL6002B19 (N962SW), Mosinee, WI, Minor damage. (-23) During thunderstorms and heavy rain aircraft was unable to locate airport for visual approach. Msp center vectored aircraft to runway 35 for the ILS.…
- [Incident 20040111000219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040111000219I), Jan 11, 2004: Cndair CL6002B19 (N962SW), Rapid City, SD. (-23) On jan 11, 2004 at about 1014 MST, skywest flight 6761 was enroute from ywg-den at cruise flight (FL350) about 45 miles south of Rapid City, SD when the…

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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