Narrative:

We were pushing off the gate with a tail swing behind [the adjacent] gate into the ramp area. I did not notice anything out of the ordinary during the pushback. We set brakes and started number 2 engine. During number 1 engine start; I was told by the ground crew to shut down engines. I inquired as to why and he said our aircraft contacted the emb-175 aircraft on [the adjacent] gate. The pilot from that airplane ran out on the ramp and notified our push crew of this fact. I shutdown the engines and asked both ground and ramp for permission to tug back into our gate. We advised ramp to also have maintenance meet us at the gate.the aircraft damage to our right winglet occurred because the push crew failed to properly monitor the safe clearance of our wings from the surrounding area. The flight crew could not see anything as we were pushing backwards. The push crew needs to be trained again on the proper method to safely push an aircraft and for the wing monitors to actually look at the wings during the entire pushback.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737-800 flight crew reported their aircraft's right winglet struck an EMB-175 at the adjacent gate during pushback.

Narrative: We were pushing off the gate with a tail swing behind [the adjacent] gate into the ramp area. I did not notice anything out of the ordinary during the pushback. We set brakes and started Number 2 engine. During Number 1 engine start; I was told by the ground crew to shut down engines. I inquired as to why and he said our aircraft contacted the EMB-175 aircraft on [the adjacent] gate. The pilot from that airplane ran out on the ramp and notified our push crew of this fact. I shutdown the engines and asked both Ground and Ramp for permission to tug back into our gate. We advised ramp to also have maintenance meet us at the gate.The aircraft damage to our right winglet occurred because the push crew failed to properly monitor the safe clearance of our wings from the surrounding area. The flight crew could not see anything as we were pushing backwards. The push crew needs to be trained again on the proper method to safely push an aircraft and for the wing monitors to actually look at the wings during the entire pushback.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.