# Incident 20220818008439I: Boeing 737-900ER, Seatac, WA, August 18, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2022, 10:35 local time
- Place: Seatac, WA
- Airport: Seattle-Tacoma International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ASAA
- Location: 47.4499° N, 122.3118° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SEATTLE-TACOMA INTL (SEA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4499&lon=-122.3118&mi=10
- Aircraft: N272AK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N272AK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-900ER (registry code 138488H, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-900er) (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 737-900ER
- Reported engine: CFM INTL CFM56-7B27E
- People aboard: 178
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 16,331 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220818008439I

## Narrative

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

AT 10:35AM, 8/18/22, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS TAXIING INTO ITS ASSIGNED GATE (D1) AT SEATAC AND WAS BEING MARSHALED INTO THE GATE.  THERE WAS A FIRE TRUCK (PORT OF SEATTLE) POSITIONED IN FRONT OF C3 THAT WAS RESPONDING TO AN INBOUND CALL AT C9. THE PLANE WAS MAKING A 90 DEGREE LEFT TURN AND AS THE FIRE TRUCK WAS TRYING TO REVERSE TO GET COMPLETELY OUT OF THE WAY OF THE AIRCRAFT. WHILE IN THE LEFT TURN TO THE GATE AND AS THE FIRE TRUCK WAS BACKING UP, THE RIGHT WING SCIMITAR MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW OF THE FIRE TRUCK, WHICH SHATTERED THE WINDOW AND BENT THE TIP OF THE WING. THERE WAS A WING WALKER IN PLACE TO MONITOR CLEARANCE OF THE RIGHT WING; HOWEVER, THE CREW REPORTED THAT THEY NEVER RECEIVED A SIGNAL TO STOP FROM THE MARSHALER OR WING WALKERS. THE CREW REMAINED AT THE AIRCRAFT FOR SEVERAL MINUTES, DURING THE DEPLANING PROCESS, AND NEVER RECEIVED ANY INDICATION FROM GROUND CREW, FIRE CREW, OR OPERATIONS THAT A COLLISION HAD OCCURRED. THE CAPT. DID NOT LEARN OF THE COLLISION UNTIL ARRIVING HOME, RECEIVING A CALL FROM HIS BASE CHIEF PILOT AND RETURNING TO THE AIRPORT FOR A DEBRIEF.

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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