# Incident 20140320002419I: Boeing 747-451, Jamaica, NY, March 20, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 2014, 20:30 local time
- Place: Jamaica, NY
- Airport: John F Kennedy International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 40.6399° N, 73.7787° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOHN F KENNEDY INTL (JFK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6399&lon=-73.7787&mi=10
- Aircraft: N661US, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N661US) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 747-451 (registry code 1384940, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-451) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW4000 series (registry code 52119, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw4000-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747-451
- Reported engine: P&W PW4000 SER
- 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/20140320002419I

## Narrative

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

DELTA AIRLINES FLIGHT 468, AIRCRAFT N661US, DURING PASSENGER BOARDING, PRIOR TO DEPARTING FROM JFK TERMINAL 4, GATE C20. A DELTA GLOBAL SERVICES (DGS) LAVATORY (LAV) SERVICE TRUCK STRUCK AND IMPACTED THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT WHILE POSITIONING TO SERVICE THE AIRCRAFT?S AFT LAVATORIES. VMC METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WITH GUSTING WINDS WERE PREVAILING AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT.

ACCORDING TO INCIDENT REPORTS AND AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE LOGBOOK RECORDS PROVIDED FROM THE AIR CARRIER AND AIRPORT AGENCIES STATED, THAT THE DGS LAV SERVICE TRUCK WAS BEING GUIDED BACK TO THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT, TO SERVICE THE AFT LAV?S. AS THE DGS GUIDE PERSON SIGNALED THE DRIVER OF LAV SERVICE TRUCK TO STOP, THE VEHICLE DRIVER FAILED TO STOP. AT THIS TIME THE GUIDE PERSON MOVED OUT OF THE WAY OF THE LAVATORY SERVICE TRUCK IN ORDER TO AVOID FROM BEING HIT BY THE MOVING VEHICLE.

THE DRIVER OF THE LAV SERVICE TRUCK HAD LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, DUE TO HIS LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO PROCEED UNDER THE FUSELAGE, IMPACTING AND DAMAGING THE AIRCRAFT?S MID-AFT DRAIN MAST, CENTER VHF ANTENNA AND TO THE PASSENGER DOOR OF THE LAVATORY SERVICE TRUCK, BEFORE COMING TO A FULL STOP ON THE AIRCRAFT?S #12 MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEEL TIRE ASSEMBLY.

THE GUIDE PERSON THEN PROCEEDED TO THE DRIVER?S SIDE OF THE LAV SERVICE TRUCK, WHERE HE NOTICED HIS CO-WORKER WAS UNRESPONSIVE. WHEN THE NYPA AIRPORT POLICE ARRIVED TO THE SCENE, THE DRIVER WAS SEMI-CONSCIOUS AND COULD NOT RECALL ANY OF THE EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE. THE DRIVER WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO JAMAICA HOSPITAL.

## Other reports on N661US (1)

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

- [Incident 20021009028129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021009028129I), Oct 9, 2002: Boeing 747451 (N661US), Anchorage, AK. (-23) Failure of lower rudder yaw damper actuator caused lower rudder hard over to left during cruise flight. Initially 17.1 degrees left, went to 32.4 degrees…

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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