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| Date: | Monday 1 September 2025 |
| Time: | c. 21:05 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-824 (WL) |
| Owner/operator: | United Airlines |
| Registration: | N26232 |
| MSN: | 28942/304 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1999 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-7B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | San Francisco International Airport, CA (SFO/KSFO) -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Pushback / towing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | San Francisco International Airport, CA (SFO/KSFO) |
| Denver International Airport, CO (DEN/KDEN) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
United Airlines flight UA1871, a Boeing 737-800 (N26232), and United Airlines flight UA796, a Boeing 737 MAX 9 (N17594), were damaged in a ground contact incident at San Francisco International Airport, CA (SFO).
Flight UA1871 was being pushed back from the gate at the time of the incident. The left-hand horizontal stabilizer impacted the APU exhaust of flight UA796 which was still parked at the gate.
Sources:
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/united-plane-ground-collision-sfo/3942088/
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a28947&lat=37.618&lon=-122.381&zoom=18.2&showTrace=2025-09-02&trackLabels
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Sep-2025 18:52 | ASN | Added |
| 03-Sep-2025 18:53 | ASN | Updated [Time, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Sep-2025 18:54 | ASN | Updated [Category, ] |
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