# Accident 20260306010659A: Boeing 737-824, Denver, CO, March 6, 2026 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: March 6, 2026, 10:24 local time - Place: Denver, CO - Airport: Denver International - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma - Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121) - Operator: CALA - Location: 39.8569° N, 104.6750° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8569&lon=-104.6750&mi=10 - Aircraft: N27213, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N27213) (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: 136 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Airline transport - Pilot flight hours: 7,059 total, 998 in this make and model, 176 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA26LA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26LA150) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260306010659A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON MARCH 6, 2026, ABOUT 1024 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME (MST), UNITED AIRLINES (UAL) FLIGHT 605, A BOEING 737-824, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, COLLIDED WITH TWO VESTERGAARD ELEPHANT BETA DEICE TRUCKS, OPERATED BY AEROMAG, WHILE TAXIING OUT OF THE DEICE PAD AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (DEN), DENVER, COLORADO. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE TWO PILOTS, 4 FLIGHT ATTENDANTS, AND 130 PASSENGERS ONBOARD THE AIRPLANE. ONE DEICE AGENT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES DURING THE EVENT. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. FLIGHT 605 WAS A SCHEDULED DOMESTIC PASSENGER FLIGHT OPERATING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 121 FROM DEN TO NASHVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (BNA), NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. ACCORDING TO THE FLIGHT CREW STATEMENTS, THEY WERE PARKED AT DEICE PAD C, SPOT C5, WHILE DEICING PROCEDURES OCCURRED. THE FLIGHT CREW STATED THEY WERE ENGAGED IN A CONVERSATION, WHEN THE FIRST OFFICER HEARD THE DEICE TEAM COMMUNICATE THEIR POST-DEICE BRIEFING. THE CAPTAIN WAS UNSURE IF THE CLEARANCE WAS FOR THEIR FLIGHT, BUT THE FIRST OFFICER ACKNOWLEDGED THE POST-DEICE BRIEF AND READBACK PERTINENT DETAILS, SPECIFICALLY THAT ALL DEICE VEHICLES WERE BEHIND THE CLEARANCE LINES. THE FLIGHT CREW CONDUCTED THE POST-DEICE CHECKS AND RECEIVED CLEARANCE TO TAXI FROM AIR TRAFFIC GROUND CONTROL AND WAS ASKED TO PULL OUT EXPEDITIOUSLY ONTO TAXIWAY G AHEAD OF A B777. THE FLIGHT CREW BEGAN TO TAXI AND FELT THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDE WITH SOMETHING. THE FLIGHT CREW STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT AND CONTACTED THE DEICE TEAM ON THE RADIO. AT THAT TIME, THE FLIGHT CREW WAS INFORMED THAT THEY HAD NOT BEEN CLEARED TO EXIT THE DEICE PAD AND THAT THE CLEARANCE WAS FOR ANOTHER UAL FLIGHT AND THAT THEY HAD COLLIDED WITH TWO DEICE TRUCKS. ACCORDING TO THE AEROMAG DEICE TEAM, FLIGHT 605 WAS BEING SPRAYED WITH TYPE 4 FLUID FROM FOUR OF THEIR TRUCKS, MAG 94 AND MAG 95 WERE FORWARD OF THE WINGS AND MAG 28 AND MAG 30 WERE AFT OF THE WINGS. THE DEICE AGENTS OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE BEGINNING TO MOVE FORWARD AND NO ONE WAS ABLE TO STOP THE AIRPLANE MOVEMENT. THE AIRPLANE STRUCK TRUCKS MAG 94 (LEFT WING) AND MAG 95 (RIGHT WING), RESULTING IN MAG 95 BEING PUSHED ONTO ITS SIDE. ## 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 DCA26LA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26LA150), Mar 6, 2026: Boeing 737-824 (N27213), Denver, CO, substantial damage, investigation ongoing ## Other reports on N27213 (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20260323003269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260323003269I), Mar 23, 2026: Boeing 737-824 (N27213), Denver, CO, Minor damage. Aircraft departed Denver International Airport on March 23, 2026, for 14 CFR part 91 maintenance test flight. Only the flight crew, two pilots, were on board.… - [Incident 20051212031589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051212031589I), Dec 12, 2005: Boeing 737824 (N27213), Houston, TX, Minor damage. (-23) On December 12, 2005, a Continental airlines (cala) B737-824 aircraft, N27213, flight 1425, reported smoke in the cockpit after landing at george bush… 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.