Narrative:
Two mechanics were repositioning Boeing 737-200, N11244, to Continental departure gate 41. Simultaneously, Flight 1176, a Boeing 737-300, from gate 44 was under the control of the pushback team consisting of a tug driver and a wing walker. The right wing of N11244 contacted the left outboard flap, cockpit crew, in the process of starting engine #1, felt the impact, aborted the engine start, and looked aft from the cockpit window. N11244 was damaged substantially and considered a loss.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The failure of maintenance personnel to follow the taxi checklist resulting in the hydraulic pumps not being turned on."
accident date: 26-11-1994
type: Boeing 737-2C0
registration: N7370F
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Saturday 26 November 1994 |
| Time: | 11:02 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-2C0 |
| Operator: | Continental Air Lines |
| Registration: | N11244 |
| MSN: | 20073/142 |
| First flight: | 1969-03-06 (25 years 9 months) |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Houston-Intercontinental Airport, TX (IAH) ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Pushback / towing (PBT) |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
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Two mechanics were repositioning Boeing 737-200, N11244, to Continental departure gate 41. Simultaneously, Flight 1176, a Boeing 737-300, from gate 44 was under the control of the pushback team consisting of a tug driver and a wing walker. The right wing of N11244 contacted the left outboard flap, cockpit crew, in the process of starting engine #1, felt the impact, aborted the engine start, and looked aft from the cockpit window. N11244 was damaged substantially and considered a loss.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The failure of maintenance personnel to follow the taxi checklist resulting in the hydraulic pumps not being turned on."
Classification:
Damaged on the ground
Sources:
» NTSBPhotos
accident date: 26-11-1994
type: Boeing 737-2C0
registration: N7370F
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