# Incident 20140526008359I: Boeing 737-832, Jamaica, NY, May 26, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 2014, 19:00 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: N3735D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3735D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-832 (registry code 13844CF, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-832) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-832
- Reported engine: CFM INTL. CFM56 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/20140526008359I

## Narrative

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

DELTA AIRLINES FLIGHT 2515, AIRCRAFT N3735D, DURING PASSENGER BOARDING, PRIOR TO DEPARTING FROM JFK TERMINAL 4,  A DELTA AIRLINES GATE TUG WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PUSH AN INOPERATIVE AIRCRAFT BELT LOADER AWAY FROM THE FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT?S THE FORWARD CARGO COMPARTMENT, STRUCK AND IMPACTED THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT?S FUSELAGE.

ACCORDING TO INCIDENT REPORTS AND AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE RECORDS PROVIDED FROM THE AIR CARRIER AND AIRPORT AGENCIES STATED THAT DURING THE PREPARATION FOR DEPARTURE OF THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT, THE DRIVER OF THE DELTA AIRLINES GATE TUG WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE AN INOPERATIVE DELTA AIRLINES BELT LOADER AWAY FROM THE FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT?S FORWARD CARGO COMPARTMENT. AT THIS TIME BOTH VEHICLES WERE OPERATED BY DELTA AIRLINES EMPLOYEES. THE DRIVER OF THE GATE TUG APPROACHED THE BELT LOADER FROM THE NORTH WHICH PLACED THE TUG ADJACENT TO THE AIRCRAFT. AS THE DRIVER OF THE GATE TUG MADE CONTACT WITH THE BELT LOADER, THE TUG SPUN SLIGHTLY, CAUSING THE REAR RIGHT TAIL LIGHT OF THE TUG TO IMPACT AND DAMAGE THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT?S FUSELAGE, APPROXIMATELY 5-6 FEET FORWARD OF THE FORWARD CARGO DOOR AT STATION 330.62, JUST ABOVE S-23R.

THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED A DEEP GOUGE AND DENT FROM THE IMPACT MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 18.125 INCHES X .500 INCHES DEEP. IT APPEARED THAT THE DAMAGE CONSISTED OF NO CRACKS. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

## Other reports on N3735D (1)

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

- [Accident 20010204027839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010204027839A), Feb 4, 2001: Boeing 737832 (N3735D), Boston, MA, No damage. (-23) On pushback from terminal b a usaa MD80 N802US contacted the tail section of this B737-800 N3735D causing substantial damage to the rudder and right…

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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