# Accident 20251129021082A: Airbus A320-232, Chicago, IL, November 29, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 29, 2025, 14:00 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Ohare
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 41.9786° N, 87.9048° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9786&lon=-87.9048&mi=10
- Aircraft: N490UA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N490UA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus A320-232 (registry code 3940004, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a320-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: IAE V2500SERIES (registry code 34601, https://openairdocs.org/engine/iae-v2500series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320-232
- Reported engine: IAE V2500SERIES
- People aboard: 72
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA26LA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26LA047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251129021082A

## Narrative

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

WHILE TAXING TO THE GATE IN WINTER CONDITIONS, AIRCRAFT WING TIP MADE CONTACT WITH ANOTHER AIRPLANES HORIZONTAL STABILIZER CAUSING SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N317TB, Embraer S A ERJ 170-200 LR: [Incident 20251129015931I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251129015931I)

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DCA26LA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26LA047), Nov 29, 2025: Airbus A320-232 (N490UA), Chicago, IL, minor damage. Probable cause: United Airlines flight crew’s failure to maintain adequate clearance from the parked Envoy Airlines airplane while taxiing in winter weather conditions.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.