# Accident 20210521004232A: Boeing 737-7H4, Chicago, IL, May 21, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 2021, 12:23 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Midway International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 41.7850° N, 87.7520° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7850&lon=-87.7520&mi=10
- Aircraft: N289CT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N289CT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-7H4 (registry code 1384404, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-7h4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56-7B24 series (registry code 13044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-7b24-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-7H4
- Reported engine: CFM INTL CFM56-7B24
- People aboard: 84
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA21LA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA21LA133) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210521004232A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 21, 2021 AT MIDWAY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, CHICAGO, IL, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS PROCEDING ON THEIR ATC CLEARANCE TO TAXI TO RUNWAY 22L, FROM GATE B-14 VIA TAKIWAYS TANGO AND YANKEE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, HAD JUST LANDED AND WAS PROCEEDING TO GATE B-15 VIA YANKEE.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PARTIALLY CLEARED THE TAXIWAY AS THEY APPROACHED GATE B-15 BUT STOPPED SHORT BECAUSE MARSHALLERS HAD NOT YET ARRIVED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THEREFORE, HAD NOT FULLY ENTERED THE NON-MOVEMENT AREA.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PROCEEDING ON TAXIWAY YANKEE AND HAD TO PASS BEHIND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE CAPTAIN OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ASKED THE FIRST OFFICER IF THE RIGHT WING WOULD CLEAR THE OTHER AIRCRAFT IF THEY CONTINUED TAXIING BEHIND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE FIRST OFFICER ANSWERED IN THE AFIRMATIVE.  THE CAPTAIN ALSO NOTED THAT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS READY TO MOVE AHEAD SO HE ALTERED HIS PATH, STEERING SLIGHTLY LEFT OF THE TAXIWAY CENTER LINE, AND CONTINUED HIS MOVEMENT BEHIND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. A COLLISION OCCURRED AND THE RIGHT WINGLET OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STRUCK THE RIGHT AND LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZERS AND ELEVATORS OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WINGTIP OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AFTER THE COLLISION, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CONTINUED INTO GATE B-15.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS GIVEN FURTHER TAXI INSTRUCTIONS VIA RUNWAY 22L, YANKEE, TO GATE B-22. ALL PASSENGERS AND CREW DEPLANED VIA JETWAYS INTO THE TERMINAL AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

SEE ATQA ASW2921001 FOR SECOND AIRCRAFT REPORT.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N8686A, Boeing 737-8H4: [Accident 20210521004242A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210521004242A)

## 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 DCA21LA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA21LA133), May 21, 2021: Boeing 737-7H4 (N289CT), Chicago, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: the failure of the flight crew of N8686A to provide sufficient clearance while taxiing past N289CT, which was stopped.

## Other reports on N289CT (1)

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

- [Accident 20150706015989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150706015989A), Jul 6, 2015: Boeing 737-7H4 (N289CT), Phoenix, AZ, Substantial damage. On July 6, 2015 at approximately 2215 (local time), southwest airlines aircraft N289CT, operating as flight 211 departed sky Harbor international airport,…

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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