# Incident 20130911016769I: Mcdonnell Douglas Aircraft Co MD-88, Boston, MA, September 11, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 2013, 15:34 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: General Edward Lawrence Logan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 42.3629° N, 71.0064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE LOGAN INTL (BOS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3629&lon=-71.0064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N928DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N928DL-2019-03-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas MD-88 (registry code 3023688, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-md-88) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MCDONNELL DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT CO MD-88
- Reported engine: P & W JT8D SERIES
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130911016769I

## Narrative

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

SUBJECT WAS OPERATING A BELT LOADER AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO POSITION IT AT THE FORWARD CARGO HOLD. FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON THE SUBJECT DID NOT STOP THE BELT LOADER AND THE LOADER CONTINUED FORWARD. THE LOADER STRUCK THE FUSELAGE CAUSING NUMEROUS ABRASIONS, A FEW DENTS AND PUNCTURES. THE LOADERS UPPER GRAB HANDLES FOR THE STAIRS WERE SHEERED OFF, THE VERTICAL PANEL ADJ TO THE SEAT WAS BENT OVER 90 DEGREES AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS BENT. . SUBJECT WAS TRANSPORTED TO MGH WITH POSSIBLE HEAD, NECK AND BACK INJURIES. FAA COMM CENTER ADVISED. DELTA FERRIED IN A REPLACEMENT AIRCRAFT TO CARRY 18 PAX TO DETROIT, THE OTHER 130 PAX WERE REBOOKED ON OTHER FLIGHTS. LOADER AND AIRCRAFT WERE TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE. DRIVER PASSED OUT FROM HEAT

## Other reports on N928DL (1)

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

- [Incident 19991004030439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991004030439I), Oct 4, 1999: Doug MD88 (N928DL), Pittsburgh, PA. (-23) On November 4, 1999, at 1052E, delta flight #481 a MD-88, N928DL, s/n 49715 aborted takeoff at "pit" runway 28L due to a takeoff warning light and horn…

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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