# Incident 20230609005189I: Boeing 737-990ER, Seatac, WA, June 9, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2023, 18:47 local time
- Place: Seatac, WA
- Airport: Seattle-Tacoma International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ASAA
- Location: 47.4499° N, 122.3118° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SEATTLE-TACOMA INTL (SEA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4499&lon=-122.3118&mi=10
- Aircraft: N464AS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N464AS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-990ER (registry code 13848CE, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-990er) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56-7B27E series (registry code 13078, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-7b27e-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-990ER
- Reported engine: CFM INTL CFM56-7B27E
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 15,050 total, 6,035 in this make and model, 151 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230609005189I

## Narrative

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

ON 06/09/2023 AIRCRAFT LANDED 16R AT SEATAC AIRPORT AND WERE GIVEN TAXI INSTRUCTIONS FROM SPOT 55 AROUND NORTH SIDE OF THE "N" COUNCOURSE TO GATE "D5" THE ARRIVAL GATE. AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED EAST ALONG NORTH CONCOURSE TAXI-WAY WHEN THE AIRCRAFT LEFT WING TIP LOWER SCEMITAR STRUCK A CATERING TRUCK ABEAM APROXIMATELY NOVEMBER NINETEEN TO TWENTY. NO VEHICLES ARE ALLOWED TO USE THE AREA ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE NORTH CONCOURSE. THERE ARE SIGNS INDICATING THIS. ON ARRIVAL AT D5 GATE ON THE "D" CONCOURSE THE PILOTS WERE INFORMED THEY HAD HIT A CATERING TRUCK ON THE LEFT-WING TIP BY THE "A" FLIGHT ATTENDANT. THE PILOTS ENTERED THE DISCREPANCY INTO THE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE LOGBOOK. THE PILOTS IMMEDIATELY REPORTED THE INCIDENT AND FILED ASAP REPORTS.

## Other reports on N464AS (1)

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

- [Incident 20230319010529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230319010529I), Mar 19, 2023: Boeing 737-990ER (N464AS), Nashville, TN, Minor damage. On March 19, 2023, [privacy data omitted] operated from sea-bna contacted a movable passenger air stairs while taxing to the gate at bna. The flight operated…

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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