# Incident 20141223023172I: Boeing 737-7H4, Flushing, NY, December 23, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 2014, 10:59 local time
- Place: Flushing, NY
- Airport: La Guardia
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 40.7772° N, 73.8726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAGUARDIA (LGA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7772&lon=-73.8726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N939WN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N939WN) (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: 148
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 9,703 total, 9,703 in this make and model, 173 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141223023172I

## Narrative

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

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES (SWAA) FLIGHT 449, A B-737-7H4, REGISTRATION NUMBER N939WN, OPERATING A REVENUE FLIGHT FROM LAGUARDIA AIRPORT, QUEENS, NY (LGA) TO DENVER, CO (DEN) MADE CONTACT WITH AMERICAN AIRLINES (AALA) FLIGHT 1104, A B-737-823, REGISTRATION NUMBER N822NN, OPERATING A REVENUE FLIGHT FROM DALLAS, TX (DFW) TO LGA.

ACCORDING TO AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE RECORDS, AND AIRPORT AGENCY REPORTS THE AALA AIRCRAFT WAS STOPPED PARTIALLY IN THE GATE AREA WITH THE AIRCRAFT?S TAIL SECTION PARTIALLY IN TAXIWAY A, WAITING TO BE MARSHALLED INTO GATE D7.  THE SWAA AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING WESTBOUND ON TAXIWAY A JUST BEFORE THE INTERSECTION OF TAXIWAY E. AS THE SWAA AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING BEHIND THE AALA AIRCRAFT, THE SWAA LEFT HAND WINGLET STRUCK AND IMPACTED THE AALA LEFT HAND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE AALA LEFT HAND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER LEADING EDGE, UNDERSIDE SKIN, AND ELEVATOR. THE SWAA AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT HAND WINGLET. THE PASSENGERS FROM BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE SAFELY DEPLANED BY MOBILE STAIRS FROM THE L1 DOORS AND BROUGHT TO THE TERMINAL. THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES TO PASSENGERS OR CREW MEMBERS ON EITHER AIRCRAFT AND NO FURTHER REPORTED DAMAGE TO ANY OTHER PROPERTY. THE TAXIWAY A AND TAXIWAY E INTERSECTION AREA WAS CLOSED TEMPORARILY AND REOPENED AT 1200 HOURS EST.

THE SWAA AIRCRAFT WAS REPAIRED IN LGA AND RETURNED TO SERVICE. THE AALA AIRCRAFT HAD REPAIRS ACCOMPLISHED IN LGA SO IT COULD BE MAINTENANCE FERRIED TO TULSA, OK FOR COMPLETION OF REPAIRS.

THIS EVENT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE ASAP EVENT REVIEW COMMITTEE (ERC) FOR INCLUSION IN THE ASAP PROGRAM BY THE FLIGHT CREWS OF BOTH SUBJECT AIR CARRIERS.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N822NN, Boeing 737-823: [Incident 20141223023182I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141223023182I)

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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