# Accident 19890626025529A: Boeing 737244, Atlanta, GA, June 26, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 1989, 10:38 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: The William B Hartsfield Atla
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 33.6367° N, 84.4279° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6367&lon=-84.4279&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7375F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7375F-2017-04-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-291 (registry code 138448W, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-291) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737244
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D9A
- People aboard: 105
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 224 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL89LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89LA172) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890626025529A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

GROUND CREWMAN WAS BLOWN INTO AIR BY JET BLAST WHILE PLACING A CHOCK AS AIRCRAFT STOPPED AT GATE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL89LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89LA172), Jun 26, 1989: Boeing 737-291 (N7375F), Atlanta, GA, no damage. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE GROUND EMPLOYEE TO FOLLOW NORMAL SAFETY PROCEDURES. HIS LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH THE OPERATION WAS A RELATED FACTOR.

## Other reports on N7375F (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19990827035469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990827035469I), Aug 27, 1999: Boeing 737291 (N7375F), Atlantic City, NJ, Minor damage. (-23) As stated by the maintenance supervisor who was onboard at the time of the incident the aircraft departed acy and during climb out the #2 fire handle…
- [Incident 19790110000249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790110000249I), Jan 10, 1979: Boeing 737291 (N7375F), Albuquerque, NM. Flight returned with minor flight control problem. Replaced yaw damper coupler.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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