# Accident 20030507008139A: Cndair CL6002B19, Boston, MA, May 7, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 2003, 12:15 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: General Edward Lawrence Logan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: COMA
- Location: 42.3669° N, 71.0086° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3669&lon=-71.0086&mi=10
- Aircraft: N484CA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CNDAIR CL6002B19
- Reported engine: GE CF34*
- People aboard: 13
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC03LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03LA101) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030507008139A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 1212 PM ON MAY 7, 2003, COMAIR FLIGHT 5347 WAS MARSHALED TO GATE B1, LOGAN AIRPORT, FOR PASSENGER DISEMBARKMENT. ARAMARK AVIATION SERVICES WAS PROVIDING TWO CONTRACTURAL GROUND SUPPORT PERSONNEL, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO DELTA AIRLINES. ^PRIVACY DATA^ DIRECTED THE AIRCRAFT ONTO THE GATE AND BROUGHT IT TO A COMPLETE STOP BEFORE CONNECTING EXTERNAL POWER. ^PRIVACY ^ WAS THE TEAM SUPERVISOR AND THE BELT LOADER OPERATOR. ^PRIVACY ^ STATES THAT AS HE APPROACHED THE BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT, HE CHECKED THE BRAKES THREE TIMES. AS HE GOT CLOSER TO THE BAGGAGE DOOR, HE APPLIED THE BRAKES AGAIN AND THIS TIME, THEY WERE EITHER JAMMED OR STUCK ON SOMETHING AND THE BELT LOADER CONTINUED TO MOVE FORWARD. ^PRIVACY ^ FURTHER STATED THAT HE TRIED TO SHIFT THE BELT LOADER INTO NEUTRAL BUT IT DID NOT HELP. WHEN THE BELT LOADER HIT THE AIRCRAFT, IT CONTINUED TO MOVE FORWARD CREATING A LARGE, 15"X9" WIDE HOLE IN THE FUSELAGE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 2 FEET BELOW THE BAGGAGE DOOR THRESHOLD. THE BELT LOADER ALSO SEVERELY DAMAGED TWO AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE STRINGERS. COMAIR AIRLINES DISPATCHED A MAINTENANCE TEAM TO LOGAN AIRPORT TO PERFORM AN APPROVED TEMPORARY REPAIR AND ENABLE THE AIRCR      AFT TO BE FERRIED TO HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS. ^PRIVACY DATA^ WAS PERFORMING AN EXTERIOR INSPECTION ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND SAW ^PRIVACY ^ APPLYING THE BRAKES ON THE BELT LOADER AS IT HIT THE AIRCRAFT. DELTA AIRLINES GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT DIVISION INSPECTED THE BELT LOADER FOR PROPER MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION. THEY CONCLUDED THAT THE BRAKES WERE WORKING PROPERLY AS WAS THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. A BOARD OF INQUIRY WAS CONVENED WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF DELTA AIRLINES, ARAMARK AVIATION SERVICES MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ . THE BOARD CONCLUDED THAT PROPER SAFETY PROCEDURES WERE NOT FOLLOWED AND THAT A TWO-PERSON TEAM WAS NOT UTILIZED IN POSITIONING THE BELT LOADER INTO PLACE. ^PRIVACY ^ WAS SENT TO MEDICAL FOR A POST ACCIDENT DRUG SCREENING. ^PRIVACY ^ WAS ALSO SUSPENDED FOR 10 DAYS WITHOUT PAY. DELTA AIRLINES AND ARAMARK AVIATION SERVICES AGREED TO REVIEW THE EVENTS TO HEIGHTEN THE AWARENESS OF PROPER GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT INSPECTIONS AND THAT THE OPERATING PROCEDURES OF THAT EQUIPMENT ARE FOLLOWED.

## 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 NYC03LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03LA101), May 7, 2003: Bombardier CL-600-2B19 (N484CA), Boston, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The operator's loss of control of the belt-loader while operating in the proximity of the airplane.

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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