# Incident 20000227020909I: Boeing 7373Y0, Los Angeles, CA, February 27, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 2000, 23:16 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Los Angeles International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- 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: N665WN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N665WN-2016-09-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-3Y0 (registry code 138447W, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-3y0) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CFM56 series (registry code 30016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7373Y0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000227020909I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEB 27, 2000, AT APPROXIMATELY 1330 PST, SWA FLIGHT 343 WHILE TAXIING TO GATE 5 MADE CONTACT WITH A SERVICE VEHICLE DAMAGING THE #1 SLAT ON THE LEFT SIDE. THE FLIGHT CREW WAS FOLLOWING PROPER DIRECTIONS BY PARKING MARCHALS IN INCLEMENT WEATHER CONDITIONS REQUIRING THE USE OF WIND SHIELD WIPERS. A SERVICE TRUCK WAS OCCUPYING A SMALL AREA BETWEEN GATES 3B AND 5. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT THIS AREA WAS NOT PROPERLY MARKED AS A "KEEP CLEAR" ZONE. WITH NO MARKINGS AVAILABLE, THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK ASSUMED IT WAS A SAFE ZONE. THE SIZE OF THE AREA, THE HEIGHT OF THE TRUCK, AND THE GEOMETRY OF THE AIRCRAFT WING RESULTED IN CONTACT BETWEEN AIRCRAFT AND TRUCK AT THE MOMENT OF PARKING AT GATE5. THE AREA IN QUESTION HAS BEEN PAINTED AND CROSS CHECKED WITH MARKINGS TO DELINEATE A "KEEP CLEAR" AREA TO PRECLUDE FUTURE OCCURRENCES.

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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