# Incident 20180815011592I: Airbus Industrie A320-232, Chicago, IL, August 15, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2018, 16:20 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago O'Hare International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 41.9769° N, 87.9081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO O'HARE INTL (ORD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9769&lon=-87.9081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N448UA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N448UA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus Industrie A320-232 (registry code 3930326, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a320-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: IAE V2500SERIES (registry code 34601, https://openairdocs.org/engine/iae-v2500series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS INDUSTRIE A320-232
- Reported engine: IAE V2500SERIES
- People aboard: 146
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 6,796 total, 3,172 in this make and model, 92 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180815011592I

## Narrative

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

ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 2018,  AT APPROXIMATELY 1620 CST, UNITED AIRLINES N448UA, AN AIRBUS A-320, OPERATING UNDER FLIGHT NUMBER UAL645 DEPARTING FROM CHICAGO O'HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KORD) TO PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KPDX) STRUCK A PARKED UNITED AIRLINES, N13720, A BOEING B-737 OPERATING UNDER FLIGHT NUMBER UAL 2746, BOUND FOR CLEVELAND-HOPKINS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KCLE).

THE GROUND COLLISION OCCURRED WHEN N448UA AT GATE C30 POWERED OUT AND TURNED RIGHT TO JOIN TAXIWAY ALPHA WHEN IT STRUCK N13720 PARKED AT ADJOINING GATE C28.

FLIGHT UAL 645 HAD 141 PASSENGER AND 1 LAP CHILD WITH A CREW COMPLEMENT OF 5. THERE ARE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE PASSENGERS AND CREW DEPLANED VIA AIR STAIRS.

FLIGHT UAL 2746 WAS WITHOUT PASSENGERS AND HAD A CREW COMPLEMENT OF 2 ON BOARD. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED.

UPON INSPECTION, THE LEFT WINGLET ON THE A-320 WAS DAMAGED WITH CORRESPONDING DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WINGLET OF THE B-737.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N13720, Boeing 737-724: [Incident 20180815011602I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180815011602I)

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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