# Incident 20190302010622I: Boeing 737-7H4, Newark, NJ, March 2, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 2019, 06:03 local time
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Airport: Newark Liberty International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 40.6925° N, 74.1687° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEWARK LIBERTY INTL (EWR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6925&lon=-74.1687&mi=10
- Aircraft: N918WN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-7H4
- Reported engine: CFM INTL CFM56-7B24
- People aboard: 144
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 11,991 total, 11,991 in this make and model, 128 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190302010622I

## Narrative

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

DESCRIPTION OF THE EVENT: THIS MORNING AT EWR DURING PUSHBACK/DE-ICING AT THE GATE, SWA 6 (A/C 918) BEGAN TO TAXI AS THE ADJACENT FLIGHT, SWA 3133 (A/C 493) WAS DE-ICING. THE WINGLET OF SWA 6 CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER OF SWA 3133. NO PASSENGER OR CREW INJURIES WERE REPORTED. BOTH A/C HAVE BEEN RETURNED TO THE GATE AND ARE OUT OF SERVICE. SWA 6 PILOTS TESTED NEGATIVE FOR ALCOHOL AND HAVE BEEN PULLED FROM DUTY PENDING RESULTS OF DRUG TESTING. SWA 3133 PILOTS WILL CONTINUE THEIR PAIRING TOMORROW AFTER ADEQUATE REST. SAFETY AND SECURITY IS REVIEWING THE EVENT. NTSB HAS BEEN NOTIFIED DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE (HORIZONTAL STABILIZER).

## Other aircraft in the event

- N493WN, Boeing 737-7H4: [Incident 20190302010632I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190302010632I)

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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