# Incident 20130316003521I: Boeing 737-7H4, Romulus, MI, March 16, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 2013, 06:05 local time
- Place: Romulus, MI
- Airport: Detroit Metropolitan Wayne Cou
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 42.2138° N, 83.3538° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2138&lon=-83.3538&mi=10
- Aircraft: N945WN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N945WN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-7H4 (registry code 1384404, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-7h4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56-7B24/3 series (registry code 13074, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-7b24-3-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-7H4
- Reported engine: CFM INTL CFM56-7B24/3
- People aboard: 90
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 15,050 total, 11,644 in this make and model, 207 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130316003521I

## Narrative

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

AFTER PUSH BACK FROM GATE D23, AIRCRAFT N945WN STARTED TO TAXI UNDER ITS OWN POWER. IT MOVED FORWARD ABOUT 10 FEET AND STARTED A RIGHT TURN. AT ABOUT 10 DEGREES INTO THE TURN, THE LEFT WING TIP CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE RIGHT WING TIP OF AIRCRAFT N443WN. N443WN WAS HOOKED TO A TUG AND WAS BEING PUSHED BACK OUT OF GATE D21. THE TUG DRIVER STARTED TO DRIFT TO THE RIGHT, WHICH CLOSED THE SPACE BETWEEN THE TWO AIRCRAFT. AS 443WN WAS BEING PUSHED BACK BY THE TUG AND N945WN WAS MOVING FORWARD UNDER ITS OWN POWER, THE RIGHT WING TIP ON N443WN CONTACTED THE LEFT WING TIP ON N945WN. THERE WAS ENOUGH DAMAGE ON BOTH WING TIPS THAT THEY REQUIRED REPLACEMENT BEFORE FURTHER FLIGHT. : THE RAMP/TAXI AREAS WERE SNOW COVERED AND THE RAMP MARKINGS WERE OBSCURED BY SNOW. : CORRECTIVE ACTION WILL BE PROCESS THROUGH THE COMPANY'S ASAP PROGRAM.

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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