# Incident 20170520005129I: Boeing B-737-800, Los Angeles, CA, May 20, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2017, 14:28 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Los Angeles International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: LVQF
- Location: 33.9425° N, 118.4080° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOS ANGELES INTL (LAX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9425&lon=-118.4080&mi=10
- Aircraft: XA-AML (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING B-737-800
- People aboard: 155
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 14,281 total, 6,959 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170520005129I

## Narrative

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

05/20/2017 14:27 HOURS LOCAL TIME, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - A BOEING 737-800 AEROMEXICO PASSENGER JET [FLIGHT AMX 642] COLLIDED WITH A G2 SUPPLY CLEANING TRUCK - THAT OVERTURNED SATURDAY AFTERNOON ON A SERVICE ROAD AT LOS ANGELES AIRPORT (14:27 HOURS LCL), AUTHORITIES SAID.

ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT TAKEN BY THE FAA FROM THE FIRST OFFICER, ^MR MAYA-GALVAN^ THE AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED ON RUNWAY 25L, EXITED AT THE HIGH SPEED TAXIWAY H8  TAXI-TO AND TRANSITIONED TO TAXIWAY PAPA AND WAS BETWEEN TAXIWAY AND C ACCESS ROAD WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE TAXIING ON "PAPA" TAXIWAY ABEAM (SOUTH) OF THE BRADLEY INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL. IT WAS DETERMINED AT THE MISHAP SITE THE TAIL OF THE G2 SERVICES CLEANING TRUCK WAS PROTRUDING OUT, APPROXIMATELY "2-3" FEET INTO - TAXIWAY PAPA AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

THE RIGHT OUT BOARD WING  SLAT OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS DAMAGED IN THE MISHAP, BUT NONE OF THE 149 PASSENGERS OR CREW ON BOARD WERE INJURED. THERE WAS AN APPROXIMATE EIGHT-INCH GOUGE IN THE LEADING EDGE WINGSLAT ON THE RIGHT WING ABOUT TWO-FEET INBOARD OF THE WINGLET.

EIGHT PEOPLE, SIX MEN AND TWO WOMEN, SUFFERED NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. ONE OF THE G2 SERVICES EMPLOYEES WAS TRAPPED INSIDE AND FIREFIGHTERS HAD TO PULL HER OUT. THE TWO WOMEN HAD MORE SERIOUS INJURIES, FOUR OF THEM WERE EVACUATED  TO LOCAL HOSPITALS FOR EVALUATION - ALL WERE RELEASED THE NEXT DAY AFTER OBSERVATION OVER-NIGHT.

05/22/2017 A PRELIMINARY REPORT WAS PREPARED AND FORWARDED TO THE REGIONAL OFFICE THROUGH THE OFFICE MANAGER THIS AFTERNOON. QMS-AWP-200-005-F1

06/01/2017 ON THIS DATE ATTENDED AIRPORT OPERATIONS MEETING ON THE INCIDENT AT THE AIRPORT EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CONFERENCE ROOM ON THE 4TH FLOOR AT THE AIRPORT BADGING BUILDING.

CONFIRMED THERE WERE 149 PASSENGERS ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT ALONG WITH A CREW OF SIX. WE REVIEWED THE VIDEO OF THE AIRCRAFT - OFF OF RUNWAY 25L, HIGH SPEED TAXIWAY H2 THENCE TRANSITIONED, RIGHT TURN ONTO TAXIWAY PAPA - IMPACTING A G2 SERVICING TRUCK ON AIRPORT SERVICE ROAD "C", THE AIRCRAFT WAS ATTEMPTING TO  TRANSITION TO THE NORTH SIDE (GATE 21) OF THE AIRPORT VIA TAXIWAY HOTEL [MID-FIELD] BEHIND (WEST) OF THE TOM BRADLEY INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL.  ROAD-TRAFFIC ON SERVICE ROAD "C' WAS BACKED-UP (FOUR DEEP) FROM C-9 TO THE POINT WHERE THE LAST TWO FEET OF THE TRUCKS TAIL WAS EXTENDING OUT INTO THE TAXIWAY (PAPA) AND THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE TRUCK RESULTING IN A ROLL-OVER OF THE GROUND SERVICE VEHICLE WITH MINOR INJURIES TO 8 PERSONNEL IN THE TRUCK.

THE RIGHT WING OUTBOARD SLAT (N8) HAD AN APPROXIMATE 8  INCH GOUGE AT W.S. 462 ACCORDING TO BOEING PRODUCT SUPPORT ENGINEERING DOCUMENTATION ON FILE. THE VIDEO CONFIRMED THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON THE TAXIWAY CENTERLINE TROUGHOUT THE MISHAP SEQUENCE.

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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