ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 319259
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| Date: | Wednesday 8 January 2020 |
| Time: | 06:30 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-823 (WL) |
| Owner/operator: | American Airlines |
| Registration: | N929NN |
| MSN: | 33322/4489 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2013 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-7B24E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 121 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | New York-La Guardia Airport, NY (LGA) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | New York-La Guardia Airport, NY (LGA/KLGA) |
| Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, TX (DFW/KDFW) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
American Airlines flight 2632, a Boeing 737-823, N929NN, was damaged by a deicing truck. There were no injuries to the 2 pilots, 4 flight attendants, or 115 passengers on board. The airplane received substantial damage.
The captain stated that while sitting at gate C7 at New York-La Guardia Airport, New York, performing preflight duties he felt the aircraft "shudder". He stated that the first officer then looked out the window on his side and noticed a deicing truck behind the right wing. As he continued observing the first officer said they felt the airplane shudder again as the deicing truck pulled out from under the wing.
Probable Cause: failure of the deicing truck driver to maintain appropriate clearance from the airplane.
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