# Accident 20170912019322A: Boeing 737-924ER, Los Angeles, CA, September 12, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 2017, 11:50 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Los Angeles International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 33.9425° N, 118.4080° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOS ANGELES INTL (LAX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9425&lon=-118.4080&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69813, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N69813) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-924ER (registry code 13848A3, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-924er) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56-7B27E series (registry code 13078, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-7b27e-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-924ER
- Reported engine: CFM INTL CFM56-7B27E
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Unknown or foreign certificate
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA17CA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA17CA195) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170912019322A

## Narrative

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

UAL 447 WHILE TAXIING WESTBOUND ON TWY C, STRUCK THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER OF AN AIR CANADA B-767 WITH ITS RIGHT WINGLET, AS IT WAS BEING TOWED ONTO GATE 69B. CALA CMO AND CALA FLIGHT SAFETY ARE INVESTIGATING. REPORT WILL BE AMENDED ONCE CREW INFORMATION IS RELEASED. NO KNOWN INJURIES TO CREW OR PASSENGERS.

## Other aircraft in the event

- C-GHOZ, Boeing 767-375: 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 DCA17CA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA17CA195), Sep 12, 2017: Boeing 737-924ER (N69813), Los Angeles, CA, minor damage. Probable cause: the B737 flight crew's misjudgment of the clearance between their wingtip and the B767 horizontal stabilizer.

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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