# Incident 20040409014969I: Doug DC983, Los Angeles, CA, April 9, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 2004, 10:25 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Los Angeles International
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 33.9425° N, 118.4080° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOS ANGELES INTL (LAX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9425&lon=-118.4080&mi=10
- Aircraft: N984TW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N984TW-2025-06-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing DC-9-83 (registry code 3022001, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-dc-9-83) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC983
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,500 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 105 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040409014969I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DELTA 234, B767 SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE #1 ENGINE COWLING WHILE LOADING PASSENGERS AT LAX GATE 57 WHEN A JET BLAST FROM AAL 715, MD-83, TAXIING TO GATE 46B BLEW A BAGGAGE CONTAINER INTO THE COWLING AT 091025 PDT. CAPTAIN STRASSER HAS BEEN ACCEPTED INTO THE AMERICAN AIRLINES ASAP PROGRAM. INJURY SUMMARY NOT KNOWN BY ASI.

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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