# Incident 20170117023672I: Boeing 737-823, Queens, NY, January 17, 2017 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: January 17, 2017, 13:40 local time - Place: Queens, NY - Damage: Minor damage - Collision: Collision on the ground - Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma - Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121) - Operator: AALA - Location: 40.7498° N, 73.7976° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Queens, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7498&lon=-73.7976&mi=10 - Aircraft: N825NN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N825NN) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Boeing 737-823 (registry code 13844CB, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-823) (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 737-823 - Reported engine: CFM INTL CFM56-7B24/3 - People aboard: 99 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170117023672I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. AMERICAN AIRLINES (AALA) FLIGHT 1365, A B737-823 AIRCRAFT, REGISTRATION NUMBER N825NN, OPERATING A REVENUE FLIGHT FROM LAGUARDIA AIRPORT (LGA), QUEENS, NY TO MIAMI AIRPORT (MIA), MIAMI, FLORIDA, WHILE PUSHING BACK FROM TERMINAL B, GATE D7 MADE CONTACT WITH A REPUBLIC AIRLINES (R61A) FLIGHT 4548 (DBA AMERICAN EAGLE), AN ERJ-170-200LR AIRCRAFT, REGISTRATION NUMBER N425YX, WHICH WAS PARKED ON THE ADJACENT GATE D5 AND HAD PREVIOUSLY ARRIVED FROM DETROIT. ACCORDING TO MAINTENANCE RECORDS, AIRLINE COMPANY REPORTS, AND AIRPORT AGENCY REPORTS THE AALA AIRCRAFT WAS PUSHING BACK FROM GATE D7 AND THE TUG OPERATOR STARTED THE TURN TOO SOON, RESULTING IN THE AALA AIRCRAFT RIGHT WINGLET MAKING CONTACT WITH THE R61A LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER/ELEVATOR. ONBOARD WERE THE FLIGHT CREW AND 97 PASSENGERS. THE R61A AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED ON GATE D5 AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DEPLANING IT?S PASSENGERS AFTER COMPLETING ITS FLIGHT. ONBOARD WERE THE FLIGHT CREW AND 56 PASSENGERS. THE AALA AIRCRAFT WAS BEING MARSHALLED OUT OF THE GATE BY TWO WING WALKERS. THE AALA AIRCRAFT RIGHT WINGLET STRUCK AND IMPACTED THE PARKED R61A AIRCRAFT LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER/ELEVATOR. BOTH AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE. BOTH AIRCRAFT FLIGHT CREWS AND PASSENGERS WERE SAFELY DEPLANED. THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES TO THE FLIGHT CREW OR PASSENGERS AND NO FURTHER DAMAGE TO ANY OTHER PROPERTY. THE AALA AIRCRAFT WAS REPAIRED IN LGA AND RETURNED TO SERVICE. THE R61A AIRCRAFT HAD REPAIRS ACCOMPLISHED IN LGA SO IT COULD BE MAINTENANCE FERRIED TO PITTSBURGH, PA (PIT) FOR COMPLETION OF REPAIRS. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE OVERCAST AND CLEAR WITH LIGHT RAIN. THE TUG OPERATOR STATED HIS WINDSHIELD WAS FOGGY AND WAS NOT SURE IF HE HAD ENOUGH CLEARANCE, HOWEVER HE CONTINUED THE PUSH. THE RIGHT HAND WING WALKER SAW THE IMPENDING POTENTIAL FOR CONTACT, PUT UP THE STOP SIGN BUT GOT NO RESPONSE, HE SHOUTED AND RAN TOWARD THE PUSH TRACTOR BUT GOT THERE TOO LATE. TUG OPERATOR LATER COMPLAINED OF CHEST PAINS AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND WAS SENT TO THE HOSPITAL FOR EVALUATION. HE WAS RELEASED THAT EVENING. ## Other aircraft in the event - N425YX, Embraer S A ERJ170-200LR: no report for this aircraft; [N425YX](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N425YX) is registered now 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.