20250901014252A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Boeing 737-9 · San Francisco, CA · September 1, 2025

Date
September 1, 2025 · 21:27 local
Place
San Francisco, CA
Airport
San Francisco International
Phase of flight
Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
CALA
Collision
Collision on the ground
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N17594
Reported as
Boeing 737-9
Reported engine
CFM International LEAP-1B28 series
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
11,300 total

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What happened

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On 9/1/2025, privacy data omitted, a B737-9 max,privacy data omittedSan Francisco International Airport (sfo)- boston logan international airport (bos) was parked at gate E5 with passenger boarding underway when it was struck by privacy data omitted, a B737-824, privacy data omitted, San Francisco International Airport (sfo) – denver international airport (den) was being pushed back from gate D16 when the left-hand horizontal stabilizer made contact with the stationary privacy data omitted. The left-hand horizontal stabilizer from N26232 struck the right-hand horizontal stabilizer and the empennage of privacy data omitted. Both aircraft received substantial damage to the corresponding horizontal stabilizer. One flight attendant reported minor injury.

As the FAA filed it

ON 9/1/2025, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A B737-9 MAX,^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (SFO)- BOSTON LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (BOS) WAS PARKED AT GATE E5 WITH PASSENGER BOARDING UNDERWAY WHEN IT WAS STRUCK BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A B737-824, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (SFO) – DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (DEN) WAS BEING PUSHED BACK FROM GATE D16 WHEN THE LEFT-HAND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER MADE CONTACT WITH THE STATIONARY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE LEFT-HAND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER FROM N26232 STRUCK THE RIGHT-HAND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND THE EMPENNAGE OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. BOTH AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE CORRESPONDING HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. ONE FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED MINOR INJURY.

Other aircraft in the event · 1

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