# Incident 20060725016289I: Boeing 717200, Boston, MA, July 25, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 2006, 21:00 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: General Edward Lawrence Logan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ZZDA
- Location: 42.3629° N, 71.0064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE LOGAN INTL (BOS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3629&lon=-71.0064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N964AT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N964AT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 717-200 (registry code 1383700, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-717-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: BMW Rolls BR-700 series (registry code 09500, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bmw-rolls-br-700-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 717200
- People aboard: 100
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060725016289I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRTRAN AIRWAYS INC., N964AT, NOSE #723, S/N 55025, B-717-200, STRUCK A BAGGAGE CART DURING PUSHBACK FROM TERMINAL C, GATE 1E AT BOSTON, MA, AT APPROXIMATELY 21:00 EDT, 07/25/06. MASSPORT REPORTED A SMALL DENT TO THE RIGHT FORWARD FUSELAGE. THE PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED AT THE GATE AND WERE PUT ON ANOTHER AIRCRAFT FOR BALTIMORE, MD. THE REPORTED DAMAGE FROM BOSTON AIRTRAN MAINTENANCE WAS .5 INCHES DEEP BY 16 INCHES LONG AND EIGHT INCHES HIGH IN A PRESSURIZED AREA. THE AIRCRAFT WILL BE FERRIED TO MCO FOR REPAIRS. THE FOLLOWING IS A REPORT FROM MASSPORT OPERATIONS: TUESDAY NIGHT AT 20:52 EMTS WERE CALLED TO AIRTRAN'S GATE 1E FOR AN EMPLOYEE WITH AN INJURED SHOULDER. IT APPEARED TO BE A ROUTINE MEDICAL CALL UNTIL AT 21:20 WHEN MASSPORT OPERATIONS ADVISED THAT STATE POLICE CALLED TO ADVISE THAT THE AIRTRAN AIRCRAFT, B-717-200, TAIL #N964AT, HAD BEEN STRUCK BY A BAGGAGE CART. WHEN MASSPORT ARRIVED THEY FOUND THE AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED AT 1E WITH ITS BAGGAGE BEING OFF-LOADED. ACCORDING TO THE AIRTRAN SUPERVISOR, THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A PUSH-BACK FROM GATE 1E. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ WAS MOVING A BAGGAGE CART AWAY FROM GATE 1D. THE CART WAS HEADING TOWARDS THE AIRCRAFT ON THE PUSH FROM 1E. THE EMPLOYEE THAT WAS INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE CART FROM HITTING THE AIRCRAFT BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE CART CAUSED A VERY SMALL DENT UNDER THE R1 DOOR. THE PLANE WAS PULLED BACK INTO GATE 1E WHERE THE PASSENGERS WERE OFFLOADED AND TRANSFERRED ONTO ANOTHER AIRCRAFT. FAA NEW ENGLAND REGION OPERATIONS CENTER WAS ADVISED. INSPECTORS STATEMENT: THE AIRCRAFT IS CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED AT THE AIRTRAN MAINTENANCE FACILITY IN ORLANDO FLORIDA. RAMP PERSONNEL ARE UNDERGOING RETRAINING FOR RAMP SAFETY.

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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