# Incident 20250517012942I: Boeing 737-890, Seatac, WA, May 17, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2025, 12:14 local time
- Place: Seatac, WA
- Airport: Seattle-Tacoma International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- 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: N514AS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N514AS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-890 (registry code 1384527, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-890) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56-7B27 series (registry code 13046, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-7b27-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-890
- Reported engine: CFM INTL CFM56-7B27
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 16,586 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250517012942I

## Narrative

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

AT SEA, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, REQUESTED PUSHBACK FROM N7.  AFTER CONFIRMING WITH THE FLIGHT CREW THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD ADEQUATE ROOM/CLEARANCE, THE RAMP CONTROLLER CLEARED THE CREW TO PUSH BACK ON THE ORANGE LINE.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PUSHED ONTO THE ORANGE LINE AND SET THEIR BRAKE.

SOON AFTER, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REQUESTED PUSH FROM D8.  AFTER CONFIRMING THAT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ABLE TO PUSH SHALLOW ON THE GREEN LINE, THE CONTROLLER CLEARED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, TO PUSH SHALLOW ON THE GREEN LINE.

DURING ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PUSH, THE PUSHCART DRIVER CONDUCTED AN S-TURN MANEUVER PUSHING THE TAIL TOWARD ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^; THEN THE PUSHCART DRIVER BEGAN A TURN, TAIL TOWARD THE N/NE.  AS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RIGHT WING APPROACHED THE LEFT WING OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, THE RIGHT WING-WALKER OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WATCHED BUT FAILED TO COMMAND THE PUSHCART TO STOP.

THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PUSH CREW CONDUCTED AN UNNECESSARY S-TURN.  HAD THE RAMP CREW PUSHED STRAIGHT BACK AND STOPPED IMMEDIATELY OVER THE GREEN LINE, NO CONFLICT WOULD HAVE OCCURRED.

ADDITIONALLY, THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RIGHT WING WALKER MAINTAINED A VISUAL WATCH OF THE RIGHT WING BUT FAILED TO RESPOND TO THE IMPENDING WINGTIP CONFLICT.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N563AS, Boeing 737-890: no report for this aircraft; [N563AS](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N563AS) is registered now

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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