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FAA incident report · Embraer-Empresa Brasileira De ERJ 170-200 LR · Los Angles, CA · November 2, 2013

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Date
November 2, 2013 · 21:34 local
Place
Los Angles, CA
Airport
Los Angeles International Airp
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
C77A
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N603CZ
Reported as
Embraer-Empresa Brasileira De ERJ 170-200 LR
Reported engine
GE CF34-8E5
People aboard
62
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
N603CZRegistered now · Embraer-Empresa Brasileira De ERJ 170-200 LRS/N 17000176 · Built 2007Airframe modelEmbraer-Empresa Brasileira De ERJ 170-200 LREngine modelGE CF34-8E5Turbo-fan

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.

Ship 603 was on an active taxiway holding short of a service road with the parking brake set. A delta B757 was positioned in front of incident aircraft. When the B757 received taxi clearance, a tug and train of baggage carts were driving on the service road. As the 757 increased thrust to move it is believed the jet blast broke one of the carts loose and sent the cart into the cowling of the #1 engine.

As the FAA filed it

SHIP 603 WAS ON AN ACTIVE TAXIWAY HOLDING SHORT OF A SERVICE ROAD WITH THE PARKING BRAKE SET. A DELTA B757 WAS POSITIONED IN FRONT OF INCIDENT AIRCRAFT. WHEN THE B757 RECEIVED TAXI CLEARANCE, A TUG AND TRAIN OF BAGGAGE CARTS WERE DRIVING ON THE SERVICE ROAD. AS THE 757 INCREASED THRUST TO MOVE IT IS BELIEVED THE JET BLAST BROKE ONE OF THE CARTS LOOSE AND SENT THE CART INTO THE COWLING OF THE #1 ENGINE.