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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 737-230 · Hilo, HI · September 3, 2000

Date
September 3, 2000 · 09:30 local
Place
Hilo, HI
Airport
Hilo General Lyman Field Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
TSAA
Aircraft
N823AL
Reported as
Boeing 737230
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,700 total6,698 in this make and model99 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23)The aircraft, under the direction of a ground marshaller, started to taxi from the terminal gate for departure. The marshaller observed the distance between the wingtip and jetway was questionable and signalled an emergency stop to the pilot. The pilot reacted appropriately and immediately stopped the aircraft. A flight attendant was standing and securing the forward galley as the aircraft stopped. The flight attendant fell, striking a galley door latch and received a laceration to the forehead which required four stitches.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)THE AIRCRAFT, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF A GROUND MARSHALLER, STARTED TO TAXI FROM THE TERMINAL GATE FOR DEPARTURE. THE MARSHALLER OBSERVED THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE WINGTIP AND JETWAY WAS QUESTIONABLE AND SIGNALLED AN EMERGENCY STOP TO THE PILOT. THE PILOT REACTED APPROPRIATELY AND IMMEDIATELY STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT. A FLIGHT ATTENDANT WAS STANDING AND SECURING THE FORWARD GALLEY AS THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT FELL, STRIKING A GALLEY DOOR LATCH AND RECEIVED A LACERATION TO THE FOREHEAD WHICH REQUIRED FOUR STITCHES.