19961205044539I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-232 · Salt Lake City, UT · December 5, 1996

Date
December 5, 1996 · 11:00 local
Place
Salt Lake City, UT
Airport
Salt Lake City International
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
DALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N407DA
Reported as
Boeing 727232
People aboard
104
Fatal injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: after dl 2110, a 727-200, was towed to position for engine start, while still connected to the towbar, a baggage cart struck the aircraft at the C-2 cargo door. The baggage cart was blown by gusting winds and micro bursts from a cart storage area. Damage to the cargo bin door was to the fiberglass fairing above the door handle and fuselage skin aft of the C-2 door.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AFTER DL 2110, A 727-200, WAS TOWED TO POSITION FOR ENGINE START, WHILE STILL CONNECTED TO THE TOWBAR, A BAGGAGE CART STRUCK THE AIRCRAFT AT THE C-2 CARGO DOOR. THE BAGGAGE CART WAS BLOWN BY GUSTING WINDS AND MICRO BURSTS FROM A CART STORAGE AREA. DAMAGE TO THE CARGO BIN DOOR WAS TO THE FIBERGLASS FAIRING ABOVE THE DOOR HANDLE AND FUSELAGE SKIN AFT OF THE C-2 DOOR.

Other reports on N407DA · 3

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