# Incident 20000913027119I: Boeing 737724, San Jose, CA, September 13, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 2000, 15:05 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: San Jose International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 37.3394° N, 121.8950° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Jose, CA, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3394&lon=-121.8950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27734, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N27734) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 10,000 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000913027119I

## Narrative

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

(-23)AFTER PUSK-BACK OF THE AIRCRAFT, RAMP AGENT^PRIVACY DATA^(TUG DRIVER AND ON THE HEADSET) STATED TO THE PILOT ON THE HEADSET, "BRAKES SET, READY TO DISCONNECT". PILOT RESPONDED BY STATING, "BRAKES  SET, CLEAR TO DISCONNECT".  ^PRIVACY D^ SIGNALED TO ^PRIVACY DATA^ (SECOND RAMP AGENT) TO DISCONNECT THE TOW BAR.  ^PRIVACY DA^ DISCONNECTED THE TOWBAR AND LOCKING PIN.  ^PRIVACY D^ STATED, "HAVE A SAFE FLIGHT".  PILOT RESPONED BY STATING, "SEE YA."  ^PRIVACY D^ SIGNALED TO ^PRIVACY DA^ TO DISCONNECT HEADSET.  ^PRIVACY DA^ DISCONNECTED THE HEADSET AND WALKED BACT TO THE TUG. AS SHE WAS WALKING BACK TO THE TUG, THE AIRCRAFT INCREASED POWER AND BEGAN TO TAXI.  ^PRIVACY D^ YELLED TO ^PRIVACY DA^ TO RUN AND THEY BOTH RAN FROM THE TUG AND AIRCRAFT.  THE THIRD RAMP-AGENT WALKED BACK TOWARD OPERATIONS AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN THE TAXIWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT'S NUMBER ONE ENGINE STRUCK THE TUG.  THE CREW DECLINED TO COMMENT.

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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