# Incident 20121009022819I: Boeing 717-200, Milwaukee, WI, October 9, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 2012, 18:40 local time
- Place: Milwaukee, WI
- Airport: General Mitchell International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 42.9469° N, 87.8971° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL MITCHELL INTL (MKE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9469&lon=-87.8971&mi=10
- Aircraft: N970AT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N970AT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 717-200 (registry code 1383700, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-717-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce BR-700 series (registry code 54565, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-br-700-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 717-200
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC BR 700 SERIES
- People aboard: 98
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 12,500 total, 150 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121009022819I

## Narrative

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

AIRTRAN AIRWAYS FLIGHT 658, A BOEING 717-200, N970AT, HAD JUST PARKED AT GATE C23 AND BEGAN DEPLANING WHEN IT WAS STURCK BY A CATERING VEHICLE ON THE LEFT TRAILING EDGE OF THE WING.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AND THE PASSENGERS WERE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE DEPLANING.

## Other reports on N970AT (1)

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

- [Accident 20030801020079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030801020079A), Aug 1, 2003: Boeing 717200 (N970AT), Atlanta, GA, Substantial damage. (-23) On August 1st, 2003 during a powerback from gate 17A (1512 hours) by an airtran airways aircraft N970AT, a B-717-200. The left wing tip trailing edge and…

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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