# Incident 20250505021222I: Boeing 777-300ER, San Francisco, CA, May 5, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2025, 23:00 local time
- Place: San Francisco, CA
- Airport: San Francisco International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 37.6188° N, 122.3754° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN FRANCISCO INTL (SFO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6188&lon=-122.3754&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2645U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2645U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 777-300ER (registry code 1385256, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-777-300er) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE GE90-115B (registry code 30048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-ge90-115b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 777-300ER
- People aboard: 540
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250505021222I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 5, 2025, UNITED AIRLINE’S FLIGHT 877 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, SAN FRANCISCO, CA (SFO) TO HONG KONG (HKG), LEFT WING WAS CONTACTED BY THE RIGHT WING OF UNITED AIRLINE’S FLIGHT 863 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, SAN FRANCISCO, CA (SFO) TO SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (SYD), DURING PUSHBACK.

FLIGHT 863 OPERATED ON A ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND FLIGHT 877 OPERATED ON A ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. FOLLOWING PUSHBACK FROM GATE G2 TO THE NORTH CENTERLINE, THE LEFT WING OF AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS STRUCK BY THE RIGHT WING OF AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AS IT WAS BEING PUSHED BACK FROM GATE G6 TO THE SOUTH CENTERLINE. BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE CLEARED TO PUSH AND WERE STILL CONNECTED TO THE TUG WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED.

EVENT HANDLED THROUGH GSAP PROGRAM.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N2747U, Boeing 777-300ER: [Incident 20250505021232I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250505021232I)

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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