# Accident 20150504005862A: Bombardier Inc CL-600-2D24, Phoenix, AZ, May 4, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2015, 09:13 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix Sky Harbor
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MASA
- Location: 33.4375° N, 111.9939° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4375&lon=-111.9939&mi=10
- Aircraft: N932LR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N932LR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bombardier CL-600-2D24 (registry code 1390016, https://openairdocs.org/model/bombardier-cl-600-2d24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF34 series (registry code 30015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2D24
- Reported engine: GE CF34 SERIES
- People aboard: 77
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA15CA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA15CA118) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150504005862A

## Narrative

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

THE MESA AIRLINES AIRCRAFT HAD OPERATED AS FLIGHT 5612 FROM ABQ TO PHX. UPON ARRIVAL, THE FLIGHT CREW INADVERTENTLY BEGAN A RIGHT TURN INTO GATE B23, WHERE IN FACT THE ASSIGNED GATE WAS B21. THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNDER POWER USING THE RIGHT ENGINE. THE CREW ATTEMPTED TO REPOSITION THE AIRCRAFT TO GATE B21 BY MAKING A 180 DEGREE TURN TO THE RIGHT. WHILE IN THE TURN, THE LEFT LEADING EDGE OF THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER CLIPPED THE TOP EDGE OF THE LEFT WING WINGLET OF AN AMERICAN AIRLINES B-757 PARKED AT GATE B25.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N909AW, Boeing 757-2G7: no report for this aircraft in the release

## 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 DCA15CA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA15CA118), May 4, 2015: Bombardier CL600 2D24 (N932LR), Phoenix, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: the CRJ900 captain's misjudgment of the clearance between their horizontal stabilizer and the B757 winglet.

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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