| Date: | Thursday 14 July 2011 |
| Time: | 19:33 |
| Type: |  Boeing 767-332ER (WL) |
| Owner/operator: | Delta Air Lines |
| Registration: | N185DN |
| MSN: | 27961/576 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1995 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 76810 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney PW4060 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 214 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Boston-Logan International Airport, MA (BOS) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Boston-Logan International Airport, MA (BOS/KBOS) |
| Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Delta Air Lines Boeing 767-300ER, N185DN, operating as Delta flight 266, was taxiing on taxiway B for departure on runway 04 at Boston Logan International Airport (BOS), when its left winglet struck the horizontal stabilizer of an Atlantic Southeast Airlines CRJ900, N132EV, operating as ASA flight 4904, which was number three in line on taxiway M waiting for departure on runway 09.
As the B767 approached and passed the intersection with taxiway M, the left winglet of the B767 struck the horizontal tail of the CRJ900. The CRJ900 sustained substantial damage, which included damage to the horizontal tail and vertical tail; the airplane lost fluid in all three hydraulic systems. Parts of the B767 winglet were sheared off and embedded in the tail of the CRJ900. The passengers on the CRJ900 were deplaned on the taxiway, and the B767 taxied back to the terminal.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The B767 Captain's failure to maintain a safe clearance between his wing and the tail of the CRJ900 that was stopped on a taxiway."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 June 1996 | N185DN | Delta Air Lines | 0 | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK) | |
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| 19 October 2009 | N185DN | Delta Air Lines | 0 | Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, GA (ATL/KATL) | |
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