# Incident 20190610006432I: Boeing 737-990ER, Houston, TX, June 10, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2019, 00:05 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Houston Intercontinental Aipor
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ASAA
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N248AK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N248AK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-990ER (registry code 13848CE, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-990er) (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 737-990ER
- Reported engine: CFM INTL CFM56-7B27E
- People aboard: 143
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 30,000 total, 10,200 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190610006432I

## Narrative

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

ASAA FLIGHT #778,A B737-900, TRAVELING FROM SEA,  LANDED AT IAH JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT ON JUNE 10,2019. THEY WERE CLEARED TO PARK AT GATE A24.  THEY MADE A RIGHT TURN INTO THE RAMP  AND STRUCK AN ENVOY EMBRAER 175(N259NN) WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TAXI IN BETWEEN PARKED AIRCRAFT ON PARKING PAD 4 AND TAXIWAY RC. THE RAMP AREA INCLUDING PARKING PAD 4 AND TAXIWAY RC IS  UNLIT AND UNCONTROLLED. ASAA STRUCK THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER OF THE PARKED EMBRAER 175 WITH THEIR LEFT WINGLET. CREW FAMILIARITY WITH THE TAXIWAYS AND RAMP AREAS IN IAH WAS LIMITED. NO INJURIES REPORTED.

INVESTIGATING INSPECTOR RECOMMENDS  IMPROVING LIGHTING AND MARKINGS IN THE REFERENCED RAMP AREA (PAD 4) AT IAH,  AS IT IS UNLIT AND HAS NUMEROUS OVERNIGHT PARKED AIRCRAFT.

SUBMITTED 7/11/19 DUE TO ATQA UNAVAILABILITY FROM 7/6/19 TO 7/9/19. AMENDED ON 7-23-2019.

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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