# Incident 20170524004142I: Boeing 737-824, Austin, TX, May 24, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 2017, 20:17 local time
- Place: Austin, TX
- Airport: Austin Bergstrom
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 30.1945° N, 97.6699° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AUSTIN-BERGSTROM INTL (AUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1945&lon=-97.6699&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76504, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N76504) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-824 (registry code 13844BZ, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-824) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56-7B26 series (registry code 13045, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-7b26-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-824
- Reported engine: CFM INTL CFM56-7B26
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170524004142I

## Narrative

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

WING TIP TO TAIL CONTACT OF TWO B-737 AIRCRAFT. (NO INJURIES)

UAL898 , N76504, ATTEMPTED TO CROSS BEHIND AA2675, N962AN, DURING TAXI TO DEPARTURE RUNWAY.  UA898 LEFT WING TIP CONTACTED THE AFT RIGHT ELEVATOR AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER OF AA 2675. THE LEFT WINGLET APPEARS COMPROMISED, LEFT WING CONDITION IS UNDETERMINED.  THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND ELEVATOR TAB OF N962AN APPEAR TO HAVE SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

INSPECTION AND REPAIR IS REQUIRED FOR BOTH AIRCRAFT BEFORE RETURN TO SERVICE. THIS EVENT IS CURRENTLY CLASSIFIED AS AN INCIDENT UNTIL DAMAGED IS ASSESSED.

NO INJURIES OF PASSENGERS OR CREW. OCCUPANTS OF UNITED AIRCRAFT WERE DEPLANED BY AIRSTAIR TO TERMINAL.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N962AN, Boeing 737-823: no report for this aircraft; [N962AN](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N962AN) is registered now

## Other reports on N76504 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20190319016529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190319016529I), Mar 19, 2019: Boeing 737-824 (N76504), Denver, CO, Substantial damage. While backing up a prime flight water truck number #3429 to united airlines flight #544. (Aircraft N76504) the driver was following the guide man and…

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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