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| Date: | Thursday 29 October 2020 |
| Time: | 11:38 |
| Type: |  Airbus A320-232 |
| Owner/operator: | LATAM Airlines Chile |
| Registration: | CC-BAE |
| MSN: | 4509 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2010 |
| Engine model: | IAE V2527-A5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor, repaired |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Santiago-Arturo Merino Benitez Airport (SCL/SCEL) -
 Chile
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| Phase: | Pushback / towing |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
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| Investigating agency: | DGAC Chile |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Two LATAM Chile Airbus A320 aircraft (CC-BAE and CC-BFL) were damaged in a ground contact incident at Santiago International Airport, Chile.
CC-BAE was being towed from the maintenance area to parking position 21 when the left-hand the wing tip fence hit the right-hand wing tip of CC-BFL, which was parked at gate 20B. The top half of CC-BAE's wing tip fence broke off.
Cause
Impact to the left wing of an AIRBUS A320-232 aircraft that was in the process of disembarking passengers at Gate 20B, caused by another aircraft being towed to Gate 21. Both aircraft sustained damage as a result.
Contributing Factors
1. The towing monitor recorded the towing of an aircraft to a gate different from the one indicated on the aircraft movement log and from what was communicated via radio.
2. Despite being aware of the restrictions outlined in the risk map for parking positions—which identifies which aircraft types may use specific gates—the towing monitor proceeded to tow an aircraft to a different gate.
3. The towing monitor misjudged the visual references installed on the aircraft disembarking passengers (such as the wingtip signal cone and the hatched area marking the wingtip overlap zone on the right side), and continued the towing maneuver, resulting in a collision with the other aircraft.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.goklerdeyiz.net/iki-ucak-yerde-carpisti-31/
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Oct-2020 20:22 | Goklerdeyiz.net | Added |
| 29-Oct-2020 20:29 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 22-Jun-2025 12:33 | ASN | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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