20111022026359I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 737-3Q8 · Baltimore, MD · October 22, 2011

Date
October 22, 2011 · 20:30 local
Place
Baltimore, MD
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
SWAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N689SW
Reported as
Boeing 737-3Q8
Reported engine
CFM International CFM56 series
People aboard
141
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
7,643 total7,643 in this make and model147 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On Saturday evening October 22,2011, a southwest airlines B737 operating as flight 2585 from orlando to Baltimore was struck by a fuel truck operated by asig fueling company. An inpector from the Baltimore FSDO office was dispatched to investigate the incident on October 24,2011. After talking to employees and witnesses from both companies involved he learned the aircraft was turning toward gate B-10 just outside the internal vehicle access road when a fuel truck driven by a asig employee on the road failed to give right of way. The marshallers signaled to the captain to stop. About the same time the aircraft came to a stop the fuel truck had entered the aircraft steril parking area and the two had a minor collision. This resulted in minor damage to left wing leading edge wing tip. The truck driver then backed up and allowed the B737 to continue into B-10 to park. The fueler has resigned his position with asig.

As the FAA filed it

ON SATURDAY EVENING OCTOBER 22,2011, A SOUTHWEST AIRLINES B737 OPERATING AS FLIGHT 2585 FROM ORLANDO TO BALTIMORE WAS STRUCK BY A FUEL TRUCK OPERATED BY ASIG FUELING COMPANY. AN INPECTOR FROM THE BALTIMORE FSDO OFFICE WAS DISPATCHED TO INVESTIGATE THE INCIDENT ON OCTOBER 24,2011. AFTER TALKING TO EMPLOYEES AND WITNESSES FROM BOTH COMPANIES INVOLVED HE LEARNED THE AIRCRAFT WAS TURNING TOWARD GATE B-10 JUST OUTSIDE THE INTERNAL VEHICLE ACCESS ROAD WHEN A FUEL TRUCK DRIVEN BY A ASIG EMPLOYEE ON THE ROAD FAILED TO GIVE RIGHT OF WAY. THE MARSHALLERS SIGNALED TO THE CAPTAIN TO STOP. ABOUT THE SAME TIME THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP THE FUEL TRUCK HAD ENTERED THE AIRCRAFT STERIL PARKING AREA AND THE TWO HAD A MINOR COLLISION. THIS RESULTED IN MINOR DAMAGE TO LEFT WING LEADING EDGE WING TIP. THE TRUCK DRIVER THEN BACKED UP AND ALLOWED THE B737 TO CONTINUE INTO B-10 TO PARK. THE FUELER HAS RESIGNED HIS POSITION WITH ASIG.