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Date
July 16, 2004
Place
Detroit, MI
Airport
Detroit Metro Wayne County
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
Operator
RJAF
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
FOHLP
Reported as
Airbus A340212
People aboard
270
Fatal injuries
0
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) The acft was parked at an nwa gate fully loaded ready to go when a ramp service employee drove under the belly of the acft with a cart attached to the tug. The tug cleared the acft but the cart contacted the acft belly ripping the belly, damaging a longeron and ripping the radio antenna from the belly.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) THE ACFT WAS PARKED AT AN NWA GATE FULLY LOADED READY TO GO WHEN A RAMP SERVICE EMPLOYEE DROVE UNDER THE BELLY OF THE ACFT WITH A CART ATTACHED TO THE TUG. THE TUG CLEARED THE ACFT BUT THE CART CONTACTED THE ACFT BELLY RIPPING THE BELLY, DAMAGING A LONGERON AND RIPPING THE RADIO ANTENNA FROM THE BELLY.