# Accident 20141022019512A: Embraer-Empresa Brasileira De ERJ 170-200 LR, Minneapolis, MN, October 22, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2014, 20:00 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: C77A
- Location: 44.8806° N, 93.2136° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8806&lon=-93.2136&mi=10
- Aircraft: N622CZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER-EMPRESA BRASILEIRA DE ERJ 170-200 LR
- Reported engine: GE CF34-8E5
- People aboard: 80
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 170 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA15CA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA15CA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141022019512A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN PUSHED BACK FROM GATE G-4 AT MSP.  THE BRAKES WERE SET AND BOTH ENGINES HAD BEEN STARTED.  THE TUG TOWBAR HAD BEEN DISCONNECTED, BUT THE GROUND CREW HAD NOT AS OF YET NOTIFIED THE CREW OF THIS AIRCRAFT OF THE DISCONNECT.  N67171 WAS TAXIING BY AND CONTACTED THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE LEFT WINGLET OF N622CZ WITH THE RIGHT OUTBOARD LEADING EDGE SLAT OF N67171.  N67171 SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE LIMITED TO THE LEADING EDGE SLAT.  N622CZ SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DUE TO CRACKS AND DEFORMATION OF THE OUTBOARD END OF THE LEFT WING AFT SPAR.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N67171, Boeing 757-232: [Accident 20141022019502A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141022019502A)

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DCA15CA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA15CA012), Oct 23, 2014: Embraer-Empresa Brasileira De ERJ 170 200 LR (N622CZ), Minneapolis, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: the B757 Captain's failure to maintain a safe clearance between his wing and the wingtip of the ERJ-170. Contributing to the accident was the positioning of the ERJ-170 by the Compass ground…

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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