# Incident 20240804011789I: Boeing 737-86N, Los Angeles, CA, August 4, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2024, 17:00 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Los Angeles International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SCNA
- 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: N819SY, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N819SY) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-86N (registry code 13844CD, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-86n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56-7B26 series (registry code 13045, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-7b26-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-86N
- Reported engine: CFM INTL CFM56-7B26
- People aboard: 178
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 4,300 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240804011789I

## Narrative

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

ON 08/03/2024 AT 1730 LOCAL TIME AT LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (LAX), CALIFORNIA, AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, SERIAL NUMBER 34254, A BOEING 737-800 AIRCRAFT WAS STRUCK BY A BAGGAGE LOADING CART UPON ARRIVAL AT THE GATE CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED AS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FLIGHT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ON A FLIGHT FROM MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA (MSP) TO LAX WITH 172 PASSENGERS AND 6 CREW MEMBERS ON BOARD. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE GATE AT LAX, BEFORE PASSENGERS STARTED DEPLANING, THE AIRCRAFT WAS STRUCK BY A CARGO LOADING BELT LOADER. THE RESULTING IMPACT CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE NUMBER 3 VHF ANTENNA AND DENTS TO THE FUSELAGE SKIN ALONG WITH DAMAGE TO FUSELAGE STRINGER S-28R RESULTING IN A MAJOR REPAIR. NO REPORTED INJURIES TO PASSENGER OR CREW. DURING THE INVESTIGATION, THE FOLLOWING WAS REPORTED: RAMP AGENT DROVE BELT LOADER TO THE FORWARD CARGO PIT OF THE AIRCRAFT WITH AN APPROXIMATE 3 INCH CLEARANCE, SET THE PARKING BRAKE, SHIFTED UNIT INTO NEUTRAL, AND PLACED CHOCKS BEHIND THE LEFT REAR WHEELS. THE RAMP AGENTS THEN BEGAN OFFLOADING BAGS WHEN THE BELT LOADER ACCELERATED UNEXPECTEDLY, PUSHING THE CHOCKS AND STRIKING THE AIRCRAFT AND BREAKING OFF THE ANTENNA AND SCRAPING THE FUSELAGE. THE BELT LOADER WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE AND INSPECTED. THE INSPECTION REVEALED A BOLT MISSING FROM THE GEAR SHIFTER THAT ALLOWED THE LOADER TO APPEAR IN NEUTRAL DESPITE NOT ACTUALLY IN NEUTRAL. THE AIRCRAFT TOTAL TIME AT TIME OF INCIDENT WAS 53,810 HOURS AND TOTAL CYCLES WAS 23,530.

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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