# Accident 20001227033719A: Boeing 7673P6, Boston, MA, December 27, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 2000, 16:17 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: General Edward Lawrence Logan
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 42.3595° N, 71.0590° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3595&lon=-71.0590&mi=10
- Aircraft: N155DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N155DL-2023-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 767-3P6 (registry code 1385105, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-3p6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7673P6
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC01LA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01LA076) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001227033719A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER LANDING DELTA FLIGHT #1986 A B-767-3P6 FROM LAX TO BOS WAS TAXING TO TERMINAL C GATE 26.THE A/C CROSSED THE VEHICLE SERVICE ROAD (VSR) BETWEEN TERMINALS B AND C WHERE IT STOPPED AWAITING A THIRD WINGWALKER TO CONTINUE TAXIING TO GATE 26. WHILE THE A/C WAS STOPPED NUMEROUS FROUND VEHICLES PASSED BEHIND IT ON THE VSR. A UNITED AIR LINE EMPLOYEE MR. MICHAEL REGGIONI  WAS DRIVING A TUG TOWING DOLLIES WITH LD8 CONTAINERS ON THEM. AS  MR. REGGIONI GOT OUT OF HIS TUG TO RETRIEVE THE CONTAINER AND ENDED UP BEING BLOWN INSIDE THE CONTAINER, WHICH WAS BLOWN APPROX. 20-40' DOWN THE TAXIWAY. INITIAL INVESTIGATION WAS THAT  MR. REGGIONI ONLY SUFFERED MINOR CUTS AND BRUISES AND THE INVESTIGATION WAS CLOSED AS AN OCCURENCE. IT WAS DISCOVERED LATER THAT  MR. REGGIONI WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR FOUR DAYS WITH HEAD TRAUMA.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC01LA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01LA076), Dec 27, 2000: Boeing 767-300ER (N155DL), Boston, MA, no damage. Probable cause: The vehicle driver's improper decision to pass behind an aircraft with operating engines, which resulted in an encounter with jet blast.

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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