# Incident 19970928038639I: Boeing 747400, Los Angeles, CA, September 28, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 1997, 01:30 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Los Angeles International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: QOCF
- Location: 33.9425° N, 118.4080° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOS ANGELES INTL (LAX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9425&lon=-118.4080&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16461 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747400
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,750 total, 2,900 in this make and model, 197 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970928038639I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: EVA 15 WAS ISSUED A TAXI CLEARANCE AND APPLIED THRUST. THE JET BLAST CAUSED GROUND EQUIPMENT TO MOVE IN THE GATE AREA BEHIND THE EVA AIRCRAFT. ONE CART STRUCK A RAMP SERVICE AGENT, THEN CONTINUED ROLLING, STRIKING THE #1 ENGINE COWL OF A CHINA AIRLINES B-747 (REGISTRATION B-162) PARKED IN GATE 102. THE INJURED RAMP AGENT WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE HOSPITAL, INITIALLY IN SERIOUS CONDITION. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A MINOR LEG INJURY. THE FAN DUCT OF THE #1 ENGINE WAS PUNCTURED. THE 12 INCH BY 12 INCH DAMAGED AREA WAS REPAIRED AND THE FLIGHT DEPARTED APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS LATER. WITNESSES STATE THAT IT APPEARED THE EVA WAS USING TOO MUCH POWER WHEN TAXIING OUT OF THE RAMP AREA. THE DIRECTION OF TAXI REQUIRED THE AIRCRAFT TO OVERCOME AN UPWARD INCLINE. EVA AIR REPORTS THAT THE FLIGHT DATA READING INDICATED, "THE AVERAGE N1 THRUST WAS 43% AT BREAK AWAY, THEN GRADUALLY REDUCED TO 38% AFTER ACHIEVING A GROUND SPEED OF 4 KTS." THE RECORDED MAXIMUM THRUST ON ENGINES 1 THROUGH 4 WERE 43.6%, 43.4%, 44.4% AND 42.2% RESPECTIVELY. LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF AIRPORTS AND AIRPORT POLICE RESPONDED TO THE INCIDENT. THE INCIDENT REPORT PREPARED BY LAX DEPT. OF AIRPORTS, INDICATES THAT THE CARTS MOVED BY THE JET BLAST WERE NOT "BRAKE LOCKED". THIS INCIDENT INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.

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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