# Accident 20131230024219A: Boeing 737-8Q8, Boston, MA, December 30, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 2013, 19:18 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: Logan International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MYWA
- Location: 42.3584° N, 71.0598° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Boston, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3584&lon=-71.0598&mi=10
- Aircraft: N738MA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-8Q8
- Reported engine: CFM INTL. CFM56 SERIES
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131230024219A

## Narrative

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

N738MA A B737-800 OPERATED BY MIAMI AIR WAS PREPARING FOR DEPARTURE FROM THE SIGNATURE FBO RAMP AT BOS. FLIGHT CREW WAS ONBOARD. SIGNATURE FBO EMPLOYEES WERE PREPARING TO SERVICE THE AFT LAV. ONE EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING THE SERVICE TRUCK TO THE AIRCRAFT; ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS MARSHALING THE TRUCK BACK TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE SPOTTER WAS BEHIND THE VEHICLE. FOR REASONS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME THE TRUCK ACCELERATED STRIKING THE SPOTTER, WEDGING HIM INTO THE AIRCRAFT. THE TRUCK CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE DRIVING OVER THE SPOTTER, SUBSEQUENTLY STRIKING THE AIRCRAFT AFT LEFT SIDE, CONTINUING UNDER THE AIRCRAFT. THE CAB OF THE TRUCK WAS CRUSHED BY THE COLLISION; THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP APPROXIMATELY 100' TO THE RIGHT OF THE AFT SECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE SPOTTER WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN HIS HEAD STRUCK THE AFT LAV SERVICE DOOR AND THE BOTTOM OF THE AIRCRAFT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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