# Incident 20040305006859I: Boeing 73783N, Chicago, IL, March 5, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 2004, 10:05 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago Midway
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AMTA
- Location: 41.7856° N, 87.7527° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO MIDWAY INTL (MDW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7856&lon=-87.7527&mi=10
- Aircraft: N326TZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 73783N
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040305006859I

## Narrative

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

(-23) "INDUSTRIAL INCIDENT-NO INTENT TO FLY" ON MARCH 5, 2004, 10:05 A.M. CST, AN ATA GROUND OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE WAS INJURED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ADJUST AIRCRAFT CHOCKS ON THE NOSE GEAR OF AN AIRCRAFT PARKED AT GATE A-5. THE EMPLOYEE WENT UNDER THE NOSE OF AN ATA BOEING 737-800 (N326TZ) TO ADJUST THE CHOCK ON THE NOSE TIRES BECAUSE THE AIRCRAFT HAD ALREADY MOVED SIDEWAYS TWICE DUE TO STRONG WINDS WHICH WERE SW AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH. WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO READJUST THE CHOCKS TO STOP THE SIDEWAYS MOVEMENT OF THE AIRCRAFT THE B-737 WIND COCKED AGAIN ROLLING OVER THE VICTIMS' RIGHT FOOT, PINNING HIM UNDER THE TIRE. OTHER ATA PERSONNEL PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT OFF OF THE VICTIMS FOOT. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED SIDEWAYS IT ALSO STRUCK A FLYING FOODS FARE CATERING TRUCK THAT WAS PARKED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT CAUSING DAMAGE TO N326TZ'S FUSELAGE. ATA REPORTED THE ABOVE AIRCRAFT OUT OF SERVICE FOR MAINTENANCE MDW CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT (CPD) AND SECURITY WERE ON THE SCENE. THE VICTIM WAS TREATED AT THE SCENE BY AMBULANCE #21 AND THEN TAKEN TO MCNEIL HOSPITAL FOR FURTHER TREATMENT.

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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