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A B737-700 ready for pushback was struck by another B737 taxiing into the adjacent gate and sustained wingtip damage. The aircraft returned to the gate.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1291944 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201508 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-700 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 228 Flight Crew Type 1467 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft |
Narrative:
While starting our engine; attached to the tug; and stopped only a few feet from [the] gate; the aircraft parking at [the] gate (next to us) clipped our wing tip; damaging the aircraft winglet.make gate entries a straight in procedure instead of angled gate entries that bring the aircraft too close together.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737-700 ready for pushback was struck by another B737 taxiing into the adjacent gate and sustained wingtip damage. The aircraft returned to the gate.
Narrative: While starting our engine; attached to the tug; and stopped only a few feet from [the] Gate; the aircraft parking at [the] Gate (next to us) clipped our wing tip; damaging the aircraft winglet.Make gate entries a straight in procedure instead of angled gate entries that bring the aircraft too close together.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.