# Incident 20000112000019I: Boeing 737724, Boston, MA, January 12, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 2000, 12:40 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: General Edward Lawrence Logan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 42.3629° N, 71.0064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE LOGAN INTL (BOS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3629&lon=-71.0064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13720, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N13720) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-724 (registry code 13844BY, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-724) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737724
- People aboard: 50
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,100 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 145 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000112000019I

## Narrative

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

(-23) CONTINENTAL FLIGHT 420 WHILE TAXIING INTO GATE A IN BOS STRUCK A CATERING TRUCK WITH ITS LEFT WINGTIP.  THERE WAS ONE INJURY TO A CATERING EMPLOYEE.  NO PASSENGERS OR CREW MEMBERS WERE INJURED.  IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A B-737-700 HAD NEVER TAXIED INTO GATE A WITH A CATERING TRUCK POSITIONED TO SERVICE AN AIRCRAFT ON GATE B.

## Other reports on N13720 (2)

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

- [Incident 20180815011602I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180815011602I), Aug 15, 2018: Boeing 737-724 (N13720), Chicago, IL, Minor damage. On Wednesday, August 15, 2018, at approximately 1620 CST, united airlines N448UA, an Airbus A-320, operating under flight number UAL645 departing from Chicago…
- [Incident 20081222853399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081222853399I), Dec 22, 2008: Boeing 737724 (N13720), Omaha, NE, No damage. N13720, B-737-724, operated by Continental airlines as flight 1724 departed Omaha, NE enroute to houston, TX. The aircraft returned to Omaha due to a…

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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