# Incident 20000709034939I: Boeing 7373B7, Salt Lake City, UT, July 9, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2000, 23:20 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake City International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 40.7884° N, 111.9778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALT LAKE CITY INTL (SLC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7884&lon=-111.9778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N947WP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7373B7
- People aboard: 78
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000709034939I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DELTA AIRLINES BOEING 737 N947WP WAS PARKED AT SPOT 11 ON THE NORTH RAMP WAITING FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE OUT OF THE AREA. FOUR BAGGAGE CARTS PARKED IN STAGING AREA AT GATE D-9 WERE BLOWN INTO THE LEFT AFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT APPROX. 175 YDS AWAY, CAUSING A TEAR IN THE FUSELAGE APPROX. 18 INCHES LONG AND 10 INCHES WIDE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE CREW OR PASSENGERS. THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED BACK TO THE GATE AND DEPLANED THE PASSENGERS. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE BRAKES ON THE LEAD CART WERE SET, HOWEVER THEY WERE NOT PROPERLY ADJUSTED TO PREVENT THE CARTS FROM MOVING UNDER THE WINDY CONDITIONS THAT EXISTED AT THE AIRPORT.

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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