- Date
- June 26, 1989, 10:38 local (14:38 UTC)
- Place
- Atlanta, GA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 105 uninjured; on the ground: 1 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N7375FBoeing 737-291
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890626025529A
- Case key
- 8043
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Probable cause
Failure of the ground employee to follow normal safety procedures. His lack of familiarity with the operation was a related factor.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Just as the aircraft was being stopped on concourse 'c' to deplane passengers, a ground employee walked behind the #2 engine to chock the right main gear. As he went behind the engine, the jet blast (exhaust) hurled him about five feet to the ground. The employee sustained a broken jaw and several bruises and lacerations. He had been hired on 6/9/89 (17 days before the acdnt). According to his training record, he had received training in ramp safety.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7375F
- Reported as
- Boeing 737-291
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20363
- Airframe hours
- 54,677
- Engine
- P&W JT8D, 14,500 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- Aircraft Leasing
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- Newark, NJ
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ATL · Hartsfield
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 14,032 total · 224 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.