# Incident 20020909025549I: Emb EMB135LR, Boston, MA, September 9, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 2002, 14:22 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: General Edward Lawrence Logan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SIMA
- Location: 42.3629° N, 71.0064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE LOGAN INTL (BOS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3629&lon=-71.0064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N702AE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N702AE-2022-05-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-135LR (registry code 3260305, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-135lr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison AE3007C series (registry code 03028, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-ae3007c-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB135LR
- People aboard: 32
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,936 total, 394 in this make and model, 230 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020909025549I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DISTRIBUTION: ORIGINAL COPY ANE-200, NE01 SPM, NE-01 FILE CHDO FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, AMERICAN CMO, SW21, P.O. BOX 612647, DFW BUSINESS CENTER, SOUTH TOWER, SUITE 300, DFW AIRPORT, TX 75261-2647. N702AE, AMR AMERICAN EAGLE, EMB-135-LR, HIT A BAGGAGE CART AT BOSTON, TERMINAL B, GATE 24 AT 1422 EDT, 09/09/02. NO INJURIES. DAMAGE CONSISTED OF A BROKEN WING-TIP NAVIGATION GLARE SHIELD. THE BAGGAGE CART WAS CLEARLY IN THE MARKED SAFETY ZONE, BUT THE PILOT AND AIRCRAFT MARSHELLER BOTH MISSED IT. RAMP AGENT CHRIS SAWICKI IN THE TAXI ALLEY ASSISTED AND MARSHALED THE AIRCRAFT INTO SLOT TWO. MARSHALLER AT SLOT AHMED ZARHAIRI MARSHALED THE AIRCRAFT INTO TWO AND PARKED THE AIRCRAFT WHEN AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE EMPTY BAGGAGE CART THAT WAS STILL PARKED IN THE DANGER ZONE CAUSING THE LEFT WING GLARE SHIELD TO CONTACT THE BAGGAGE CART. AMERICAN EAGLE WILL BE USING WING WALKERS IN THE FUTURE.

## Other reports on N702AE (1)

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

- [Incident 20020327005059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020327005059I), Mar 27, 2002: Emb EMB135LR (N702AE), Boston, MA, Minor damage. (-23) American eagle flight 4510, bos to ewr, received taxi clearance and signaled the ramp agent that they were ready to go. The ramp agent gave the captain…

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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