# Incident 20180815011602I: Boeing 737-724, 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: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- 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: N13720, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N13720) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-724 (registry code 13844BY, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-724) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-724
- Reported engine: CFM INTL. CFM56 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180815011602I

## 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

- N448UA, Airbus Industrie A320-232: [Incident 20180815011592I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180815011592I)

## Other reports on N13720 (2)

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

- [Incident 20081222853399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081222853399I), Dec 22, 2008: Boeing 737724 (N13720), Omaha, NE, No damage. N13720, B-737-724, operated by Continental airlines as flight 1724 departed Omaha, NE enroute to houston, TX. The aircraft returned to Omaha due to a…
- [Incident 20000112000019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000112000019I), Jan 12, 2000: Boeing 737724 (N13720), Boston, MA, Minor damage. (-23) Continental flight 420 while taxiing into gate a in bos struck a catering truck with its left wingtip. There was one injury to a catering employee. No…

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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