# Accident 20210521004242A: Boeing 737-8H4, 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
- Damage: Minor 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: N8686A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8686A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-8H4 (registry code 138440A, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-8h4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56-7B27E/F series (registry code 13100, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-7b27e-f-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-8H4
- Reported engine: CFM INTL CFM56-7B27E/F
- People aboard: 149
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 14,681 total, 4,056 in this make and model, 185 in the last 90 days
- 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/20210521004242A

## 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^, 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.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N289CT, Boeing 737-7H4: [Accident 20210521004232A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210521004232A)

## 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 737-8H4 (N8686A), Chicago, IL, minor damage. Probable cause: the failure of the flight crew of N8686A to provide sufficient clearance while taxiing past N289CT, which was stopped.

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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