# Incident 20040721020559I: Boeing 73783N, Chicago, IL, July 21, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2004, 17:15 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: N301TZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N301TZ-2008-07-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-83N (registry code 13844HI, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-83n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 73783N
- Reported engine: GE CFM56*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040721020559I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^^INDUSTRIAL INCIDENT-NO INTENT TO FLY. DURING A THUNDERSTORM ON JULY21, 2004 AT 1715 LOCAL TIME ATA AIRCRAFT N301TZ, A BOEING 737-800 PARKED AT GATE A4A WEATHERVANE IN THE WIND WHILE PARKED AND CHOCKED. THE AIRCRAFT ROTATED CLOCKWISE, MOVING THE NOSE 5-10 FEET. THIS MOVEMENT BROUGHT THE AIRCRAFT INTO HARD CONTACT WITH A GENERATOR POWER UNIT (GPU) ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE NOSE AND A CATERING TRUCK ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE REAR FUSELAGE. NO ONE WAS ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME. THE DRIVER OF THE CATERING TRUCK WAS IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK AND WAS KNOCKED DOWN BY THE IMPACT. HE REMAINED IN THE TRUCK WHEN HE FELL AND COMPLAINED OF HAVING BACK AND LEG PAIN. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOLY CROSS BY AMBULANCE AT 1800 HRS. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDED A PUNCTURE AND SCRATCHES/DENTS ON THE REAR LEFT SIDE FUSELAGE. THE RIGHT NOSE LANDING GEAR DOOR WAS TORN AND BENT INTO THE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY. THE GPU ACCESS DOOR ON THE RIGHT SIDE WAS BENT. THE RIGHT SIDE FRONT FUSELAGE HAD MANY SCRATCHES AND POSSIBLE DENTS. AIRCRAFT NOT OCCUPIED FOR FLIGHT.

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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