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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 737300 · Boston, MA · September 10, 2002

Date
September 10, 2002 · 16:34 local
Place
Boston, MA
Airport
General Edward Lawrence Logan
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
F3LA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
EICHH
Reported as
Boeing 737300
People aboard
60
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
17,700 total2,750 in this make and model195 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)Distribution: original copy ANE-200, NE01 spm, NE-01 file chdo, federal aviation administration, denver FSDO, NM03 26805 east 68th ave, suite 200, denver, co 80249-6361. privacy data omitted privacy data omitted a Boston us airways mechanic marshaled a frontier airlines aircraft into terminal b, gate b. the #2 engine nacelle hit a parked belt loader that was inside the safety zone. The mechanic stated that "he cleared the area prior to theaircraft arriving and that while he was waiting for the arriving aircraft he went inside the terminal for a moment. While he was gone someone parked a belt loader just inside the safety zone." The left rear corner of the belt loader punctured the #2 engine nacelle at approximately the 7:00 o'clock position, approximately three inches in diameter. The marshaller stated "he did not notice the belt loader's position prior the arrival of the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)DISTRIBUTION: ORIGINAL COPY ANE-200, NE01 SPM, NE-01 FILE CHDO, FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DENVER FSDO, NM03 26805 EAST 68TH AVE, SUITE 200, DENVER, CO 80249-6361. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED A BOSTON US AIRWAYS MECHANIC MARSHALED A FRONTIER AIRLINES AIRCRAFT INTO TERMINAL B, GATE B. THE #2 ENGINE NACELLE HIT A PARKED BELT LOADER THAT WAS INSIDE THE SAFETY ZONE. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT "HE CLEARED THE AREA PRIOR TO THEAIRCRAFT ARRIVING AND THAT WHILE HE WAS WAITING FOR THE ARRIVING AIRCRAFT HE WENT INSIDE THE TERMINAL FOR A MOMENT. WHILE HE WAS GONE SOMEONE PARKED A BELT LOADER JUST INSIDE THE SAFETY ZONE." THE LEFT REAR CORNER OF THE BELT LOADER PUNCTURED THE #2 ENGINE NACELLE AT APPROXIMATELY THE 7:00 O'CLOCK POSITION, APPROXIMATELY THREE INCHES IN DIAMETER. THE MARSHALLER STATED "HE DID NOT NOTICE THE BELT LOADER'S POSITION PRIOR THE ARRIVAL OF THE AIRCRAFT.