# Incident 20090514010729I: Boeing 7373TO, Newark, NJ, May 14, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2009, 09:44 local time
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Airport: Newark Liberty International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 40.6925° N, 74.1687° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEWARK LIBERTY INTL (EWR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6925&lon=-74.1687&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63305, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63305-2013-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-3TO (registry code 138447G, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-3to) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7373TO
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090514010729I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  21A.  AFTER DEPARTURE FROM EWR ENROUTE TO ATL THE COFFEE MAKER MALFUNCTIONED DURING THE BREWING PROCESS RESULTING IN HOT GROUNDS BEING EJECTED AND HITTING A FLIGHT ATTENDANT.  THE INJURIES RESULTED IN THE PILOT DECIDING TO RETURN TO THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT, NEWARK.  WHILE UNABLE TO OBTAIN ANY OFFICIAL MEDICAL REPORTS FROM CONTINENTAL REGARDING THE EXACT CATEGORIZATION OF THE INJURIES, INFORMATION OBTAINED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ASW-HU-COA-CMO-27 AND FORWARDED TO ME, INDICATED THE GROUNDS COVERED THE FA'S RIGHT EYE AND FACE, RESULTING IN BLISTERS AND BURNS (DEGREE UNKNOWN) ON HER FACE AND HANDS.  21B.  THE FA WAS TREATED/RELEASED AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL.  32.  SAFETY BULLETIN ISSUED DESCRIBING INCIDENT/S AND ADVISING ACTIONS TO TAKE WHILE BREWING COFFEE TO AVOID INJURIES.  ALSO, NEW COFFEE BAG MATERIALS ARE BE UTILIZED LESSENING THE LIKELIHOOD OF RECURRENCE.  IN ADDITION, CALA IS WORKING ON DESIGNING A SHIELD TO PREVENT COFFEE GROUNDS FROM BEING EJECTED.

## Other reports on N63305 (1)

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

- [Incident 19900823047849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900823047849I), Aug 23, 1990: Boeing 7373T0 (N63305), Newark, NJ. Takeoff aborted due to speed brake handle out of detent and warning horn. Returned for another takeoff.

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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