# Incident 20000628028249I: Boeing 727227, Chicago, IL, June 28, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 2000, 11:30 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago Midway
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AMTA
- Location: 41.7856° N, 87.7527° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO MIDWAY INTL (MDW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7856&lon=-87.7527&mi=10
- Aircraft: N767AT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727227
- People aboard: 168
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,500 total, 785 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000628028249I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON JUNE 28, 2000 AT APPROXIMATELY 1140 AM AN INTERNATIONAL AIR HANDLERS BAGGAGE CART #T-2 BECAME UNHITCHED AND STRUCK AN ATA BOEING-727, REGISTRATION N767AT,WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXING TO A "C" CONCOURSE GATE AT MDW AIRPORT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO PASSENGERS OR CREW.  THE VECHICLE DRIVER STATED THE AIRCRAFT TURNED IN FRONT  OF HIM AND HE MADE A SHARP TURN TO AVOID THE AIRCRAFT AND ONE OF THE CARTS CAME LOSE AND STRUCK THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE RIGHT OUTBOARD AFT FLAP WAS DAMAGED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED.  THE FLAP WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED AND OP CHECKED IAW THE 727 M/M, CHAPTER 27-51-12.  INVESTIGATION BY MDW GROUND OPERATIONS REVEALED THE TOW HITCH PIN SAFETY ON THE SUBJECT CART WAS MISSING.  INTERNATIONAL AIR HANDLERS REPLACED THE BAGGAGE CART PIN IN QUESTION WITH A NEWLY DESIGNED BAGGAGE CART TOW HITCH SAFETY PIN THAT IS SUPPOSED TO PRECLUDE THIS TYPE OF OCCURRENCE.

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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