# Incident 20071014023689I: Doug MD83, Chattanooga, TN, October 14, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 2007, 10:40 local time
- Place: Chattanooga, TN
- Airport: Lovell Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: WX0A
- Location: 35.0352° N, 85.2036° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOVELL FLD (CHA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0352&lon=-85.2036&mi=10
- Aircraft: N892GA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N892GA-2018-12-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas MD 83 (registry code 3023681, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-md-83) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG MD83
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071014023689I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT BAGGAGE BELT LOADER RAN INTO AIRCRAFT LEFT SIDE FORWARD AREA AFTER OPERATOR FELL OFF BELT LOADER WHILE LOADER WAS BEING DRIVEN BACK TO TERMINAL. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF SEVERAL LARGE GASHES IN THE METAL SKIN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FUSELAGE AND SEVERAL DENTS.

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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