20121116025739I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 737-732 · Newark, NJ · November 16, 2012

Date
November 16, 2012 · 07:55 local
Place
Newark, NJ
Airport
Newark Liberty
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
DALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N306DQ
Reported as
Boeing 737-732
Reported engine
CFM International CFM56-7B26/3
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

Air india aircraft vt-ald was taxiing into the gate across from delta's gate 46 where aircraft N306DQ was parked. Baggage cart # 109134 was left by the fwd section of gate 46A to the right of the aircraft. When the air india turned to the gate, the cart started rolling into the right nose side of the delta aircraft. The cart struck the aircraft right behind the ground power receptacle panel.

As the FAA filed it

AIR INDIA AIRCRAFT VT-ALD WAS TAXIING INTO THE GATE ACROSS FROM DELTA'S GATE 46 WHERE AIRCRAFT N306DQ WAS PARKED. BAGGAGE CART # 109134 WAS LEFT BY THE FWD SECTION OF GATE 46A TO THE RIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT. WHEN THE AIR INDIA TURNED TO THE GATE, THE CART STARTED ROLLING INTO THE RIGHT NOSE SIDE OF THE DELTA AIRCRAFT. THE CART STRUCK THE AIRCRAFT RIGHT BEHIND THE GROUND POWER RECEPTACLE PANEL.