# Incident 20030414007329I: Boeing 757232, Boston, MA, April 14, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 2003, 19:37 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: General Edward Lawrence Logan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- 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: N6701, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6701) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-232 (registry code 1384965, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW2037 (registry code 52117, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw2037) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757232
- Reported engine: PWA PW2037
- People aboard: 74
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,899 total, 1,789 in this make and model, 217 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030414007329I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DISTRIBUTION: ANE-200 9-ASO-DAL-CMO NE-01 SPM NE-01 FILE; INCIDENT DATE: APRIL 14, 2003; BOSTON, LOGAN AIRPORT; RUNWAY ALPHA TAXIWAY; ASI: MARIO DEJESUS; N6701; B-757-232; S/N 30187; FSDO-01; ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FRIDAY 05/09/2003; DELTA FLIGHT 2391, B-757 AFTER PUSH BACK FROM GATE 28 TO ALPHA TAXIWAY, GROUND CREW HAD SOME DIFFICULTY DISCONNECTING THE TOW BAR. PILOT BELIEVED THAT HE HAD RECEIVED THE SALUTE TO TAXI BECAUSE HE OBSERVED THAT THE AREA IN FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLEAR. HE CALLED FOR CLEARANCE AND WAS CLEARED TO TAXI AND STRUCK TOW VEHICLE (TUG) WITH NBR. 1 ENGINE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES INVOLVED. UNFORTUNATELY THERE WAS NO COMMUNICATION WITH FLIGHT CREW DURING THE TOW BAR PROBLEM. FLIGHT CREW NEVER CONTACTED THEIR ATC TOWER WHEN THEY WERE IN DOUBT IF THEY HAD BEEN SALUTED, OR HAVE SOMEONE FROM MAINTENANCE COME GIVE THEM THE ALL CLEAR SIGNAL.

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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