# Incident 20100806040899I: Boeing 737-7H4, Oakland, CA, August 6, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2010, 07:40 local time
- Place: Oakland, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 37.8044° N, 122.2708° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oakland, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8044&lon=-122.2708&mi=10
- Aircraft: N456WN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N456WN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-7H4 (registry code 1384404, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-7h4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-7H4
- Reported engine: CFM INTL. CFM56 SERIES
- People aboard: 142
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- 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/20100806040899I

## Narrative

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

ON 8/06/10 AT OR ABOUT 07:35 AM, AN ELECTRIC TUG MANUFACTURED BY STEWART & STEVENSON AIRCRAFT GROUND EQUIPMENT MODEL & SERIAL NUMBER GT1628-237, STRUCK A PARKED BOEING 737-7H4 AIRCRAFT CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE NOSE WHEEL LANDING GEAR DOOR. THE LOCATION OF THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED AT THE OAKLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (OAK), AT SOUTHWEST AIRLINES PASSENGER TERMINAL GATE NUMBER 25. THE DRIVER OF SAID TUG SUSTAINED INJURIES REQUIRING EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT AND TRANSPORT. A WITNESS FROM WITHIN THE OAKLAND TERMINAL RELAYED THAT HE HAD HEARD AN ODD SOUND SAW THE TOW BAR MOVE FROM ITS STATIONARY POSITION, AND OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT TUG WITH ITS DRIVER SUDDENLY LURCH FORWARD AND IMPACT THE AIRCRAFT NOSE. THE DRIVER WAS THEN SEEN WEDGED BETWEEN THE TUG AND AIRCRAFT NOSE. HE REPORTED SEEING NO OTHER INDIVIDUALS NEARBY OR AROUND THE TUG AT THE TIME OF THE COLLISION. HE RECALLED NUMEROUS INDIVIDUALS RUNNING TO THE AID OF THE TUG DRIVER FOLLOWING SAID COLLISION. NO ONE ON THE GROUND HAD WITNESSED THE COLLISION. A RESPONDER TO THE SCENE STATED THAT HE HAD MOVED THE DRIVE SELECTOR OUT OF DRIVE AND TURNED THE TUG POWER OFF PRIOR TO ADMINISTERING AID TO THE DRIVER. AIRLINES MANAGEMENT BASED AT THE OAKLAND AIRPORT REPORTED THAT THE TUG DRIVER COMMENTED THAT THE TUG HAD SUDDENLY LURCHED FORWARD INTO THE AIRCRAFT NOSE. PORT OF OAKLAND INCIDENT AND INJURY REPORTS DOCUMENT THAT THE TUG DRIVER COMMENTED THAT THE TUG RACED TOWARDS THE AIRCRAFT NOSE AT TUG START-UP. THE BRAKES FAILED TO STOP THE TUG BEFORE IMPACTING THE AIRCRAFT NOSE.

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