Incident Canadair CRJ-200LR N875AS, Tuesday 5 December 2023
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Date:Tuesday 5 December 2023
Time:c. 19:00 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic CRJ2 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Canadair CRJ-200LR
Owner/operator:United Express, opb SkyWest Airlines
Registration: N875AS
MSN: 7559
Year of manufacture:2001
Engine model:GE CF34-3B1
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Unknown
Location:Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD/KORD) -   United States of America
Phase: Taxi
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport, PA (AVP/KAVP)
Destination airport:Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD/KORD)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
United flight UA5433, a Bombardier CRJ-200LR operated by SkyWest Airlines (N875AS), and GoJet Airlines flight G74423, a Bombardier CRJ-550 (N539GJ), were damaged in a ground contact incident at Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD).

N875AS taxied into the Bravo pad awaiting for a gate, as it began to taxi to gate, the right winglet struck the left winglet of N539GJ.

Sources:

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/investigation-underway-after-2-regional-jets-make-contact-at-ohare/3296070/
FAA
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n875as#331a93c2
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n539gj#331ae3f5

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

1 September 2011 N875AS Atlantic Southeast Airlines - ASA 0 Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport/Ryan Field, LA (KBTR) min
Gear-up landing
15 May 2025 N875AS Contour Airlines 0 Macon-Middle Georgia Regional Airport, GA (MCN/KMCN) unk
Collision with Ground support equipment

Location

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
06-Dec-2023 15:52 harro Added
06-Dec-2023 16:14 harro Updated [Time, Other fatalities, ]

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