20210521004242A

Accident · Minor damage

FAA accident report · Boeing 737-8H4 · Chicago, IL · May 21, 2021

Date
May 21, 2021 · 12:23 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Midway
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
SWAA
Collision
Collision on the ground
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8686A
NTSB investigation
NTSBDCA21LA133
Reported as
Boeing 737-8H4
Reported engine
CFM International CFM56-7B27E/F
People aboard
149
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
14,681 total4,056 in this make and model185 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On may 21, 2021 at Midway international airport, Chicago, IL, privacy data omitted, operating as 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, Operating as 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 N289CT, and minor damage to the right wingtip of N8686A.

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 report ASW2921002

For second aircraft report.

As the FAA filed it

ON MAY 21, 2021 AT MIDWAY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, CHICAGO, IL, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, OPERATING AS ^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^, OPERATING AS ^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 N289CT, AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WINGTIP OF N8686A.

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 REPORT ASW2921002

FOR SECOND AIRCRAFT REPORT.

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