# Incident 20010323032499I: Boeing 737500, Oakland, CA, March 23, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 23, 2001, 20:23 local time
- Place: Oakland, CA
- Airport: Metropolitan Oakland International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 37.8044° N, 122.2708° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oakland, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8044&lon=-122.2708&mi=10
- Aircraft: N522SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N522SW-2020-01-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-5H4 (registry code 138449D, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-5h4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737500
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,423 total, 8,830 in this make and model, 206 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010323032499I

## Narrative

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

(-23) A "BAG RUNNER", LOADING BAGS AT A DIFFERENT GATE, SAW THE AIRCRAFT PULLING INTO GATE 12 AND RAN OVER TO MARSHALL IN SWAA 1338. THE REGULAR "MARSHALER" THOUGHT THE FLIGHT TO BE DELAYED AND WENT ON ANOTHER ERRAND. AS THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED THE GATE THE "BAG RUNNER'S" HANDS STILL INDICATED ABOUT TWO FEET TO GO BUT THE CAPTAIN SENSED HE WAS TOO FAR FORWARD AND STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT. THE RESULT WAS THE LEFT ENGINE COWL HIT THE JET-BRIDGE, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE BY MAINTENANCE, AND FERRIED TO PHX FOR REPAIR.

## Other reports on N522SW (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20000608013189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000608013189A), Jun 8, 2000: Boeing 737500 (N522SW), Nashville, TN, No damage. According to the FAA inspector, the passenger left his seat and approached a flight attendant at one of the aft entry doors and told her he needed some air.…
- [Accident 20000519040359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000519040359A), May 19, 2000: Boeing 737500 (N522SW), Nashville, TN. (.4) On may 19, 2000, about 2010 central daylight time, a Boeing 737-500, N522SW, registered to and operated by southwest airlines, CO., as a title 14 CFR part…

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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