# Accident 20050117001589A: Boeing 737247, Covington/Cinci, KY, January 17, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 2005, 12:40 local time
- Place: Covington/Cinci, KY
- Airport: Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky I
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 39.0461° N, 84.6619° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0461&lon=-84.6619&mi=10
- Aircraft: N373DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N373DL-2006-12-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-247 (registry code 138448D, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-247) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 (registry code 52051, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737247
- People aboard: 14
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC05LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05LA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050117001589A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 1240EST ON 01/17/2005 DELTA AIRLINES AIRCRAFT N373DL, A BOEING 737-247 SERIES BOARDING PASSENGERS FOR FLT 583 SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE FROM A PROVISIONARY TRUCK OPERATED BY GATE GOURMET EMPLOYEE ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ THE GATE GOURMET VEHICLE NUMBER 1996 WAS AT GATE B18, PARKED AT THE FORWARD R1 CATERING DOOR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED STATED THE FLIGHT WAS ALREADY FINISHED CATERING AND HE BACKED AWAY FROM THE AIRCRAFT. HE GOT A CALL FROM THE RAMP THAT HE FORGOT TO PUT MEALS ONBOARD. HE STATED HE APPROACHED THE AIRCRAFT AND MADE A SIX FOOT STOP, AND THEN RECEIVED ANOTHER CALL, AND AS HE WAS TRYING TO GET THE RADIO OUT OF HIS RIGHT POCKET, HE HIT THE ACCELERATOR INSTEAD OF THE BRAKE. THIS WAS ALSO WITNESSED BY DELTA EMPLOYEE ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ WHO WAS WAITING FOR LUGGAGE TO LOAD FOR THE FLIGHT. DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED FROM THE CORNER OF THE R1 DOOR TO THE INBOARD SECTION OF THE FUSELAGE. THE DAMAGE IS IN THE FORM OF A CREASE TO ENCOMPASS FIFTY INCHES WITH THE GREATEST IMPACT RECEIVED AT THE END OF FIFTY INCHES BY THE BULKHEAD, WHERE TWO STRUCTURAL FORMER MEMBERS AND ONE STRINGER WERE DESTROYED LEAVING A SIX INCH IN LENGTH AND 2 INCH DEEP PUNCTURE IN THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 NYC05LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05LA043), Jan 17, 2005: Boeing 737-247 (N373DL), Covington, KY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The catering truck driver's failure to maintain clearance of the parked airplane by his inadvertent depressing the accelerator. A factor in this accident was the catering truck driver's diverted…

## Other reports on N373DL (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19891012053959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891012053959I), Oct 12, 1989: Boeing 737247 (N373DL), Oklahoma City, OK. Received bomb threat. Diverted to Oklahoma City. Emergency evacuation. Two passengers slightly injured. No bomb found
- [Incident 19891002055929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891002055929I), Oct 2, 1989: Boeing 737247 (N373DL), Covington - Cin, OH. Hydraulic a system failed en route. Returned. Landed safely. Found a defective line.

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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