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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Embraer S A ERJ 170-200 LR · Houston, TX · April 23, 2025

Date: April 23, 2025 · 16:00 local
Place: Houston, TX
Airport: George Bush Intercontinental/H
Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: SIMA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N278NN
Reported as: Embraer S A ERJ 170-200 LR
Reported engine: GE CF34-8E5
People aboard: 0
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0

N278NNRegistered now · Embraer S A ERJ 170-200 LRS/N 17000784 · Built 2019 Airframe modelEmbraer S A ERJ 170-200 LR Engine modelGE CF34-8E5Turbo-fan

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

While aircraft privacy data omittedwas being pushed back from the gate, the tow vehicle operator did not inform the flight crew to set the aircraft brakes. When the aircraft was released, the aircraft rolled forward into the tow vehicle causing minor damage to the nose radome. The nose radome was removed and replaced, this cleared the aircraft for service.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^WAS BEING PUSHED BACK FROM THE GATE, THE TOW VEHICLE OPERATOR DID NOT INFORM THE FLIGHT CREW TO SET THE AIRCRAFT BRAKES. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED, THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED FORWARD INTO THE TOW VEHICLE CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE RADOME. THE NOSE RADOME WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED, THIS CLEARED THE AIRCRAFT FOR SERVICE.