# Accident 20250901014282A: Boeing 737-824, San Francisco, CA, September 1, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 2025, 21:27 local time
- Place: San Francisco, CA
- Airport: San Francisco International
- Damage: Substantial 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: N26232, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N26232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-824 (registry code 13844BZ, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-824) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-824
- Reported engine: CFM INTL. CFM56 SERIES
- People aboard: 84
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 4,591 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250901014282A

## Narrative

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

ON 9/2/2025, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A B737-824, OPERATING AS ^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 A STATIONARY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A B737-9 MAX, PARKED AT GATE E5. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS BOARDING AT THE MOMENT OF IMPACT AND WAS OPERATING AS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (SFO)- BOSTON LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (BOS). THE LEFT-HAND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STRUCK THE RIGHT-HAND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND THE EMPENNAGE OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. BOTH AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE CORRESPONDING HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.   NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N17594, Boeing 737-9: [Accident 20250901014252A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250901014252A)

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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