# NTSB DCA10CA075: Boeing 737, N3730B, New York, NY, June 19, 2010 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: June 19, 2010, 18:11 local (22:11 UTC) - Place: New York, NY - Coordinates: 40.650001, -73.783332 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6500&lon=-73.7833&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Standing-engine(s) not oper: Ground handling event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/080) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 5 uninjured - Status: Completed, report November 12, 2015 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Major Investigations Division - NTSB case key (mKey): 76628 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA10CA075 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/76628/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=76628 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA10CA075 ## Probable cause a baggage cart impacting the airplane and causing substantial damage as a result of the jet blast from a passing airplane. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015): Personnel issues › Task performance · Ground crew; cases with it: [Boeing 737-832, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015/cases.md?model=13844CF), [All aircraft, 1,391 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015/cases.md) - [Airport facilities/design](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03017000): Environmental issues › Operating environment · Effect on equipment (probable cause); cases with it: [Boeing 737-832, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03017000/cases.md?model=13844CF), [All aircraft, 52 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03017000/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Taxi: Prop/jet/rotor blast/suction](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/082); cases with it: [Boeing 737-832, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/082/sequence.md?model=13844CF), [All aircraft, 44 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/082/sequence.md) - [Standing-engine(s) not oper: Ground handling event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/080) (defining event); cases with it: [Boeing 737-832, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/080/sequence.md?model=13844CF), [All aircraft, 108 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/080/sequence.md) ## Analysis According to a company flight safety investigator, the aircraft was parked at the gate while the first officer and four flight attendants were aboard preparing for the upcoming flight. Baggage handlers on the ramp were loading baggage onto the aircraft when the jet blast from a taxing Boeing 767-400ER blew an empty baggage cart from its parked position, which collided with the left side of the aft service panel, causing a 15 by 18 in puncture through the aircraft skin and severing two stringers.According to the baggage handler, after he had staged the empty baggage cart into location among two other carts, he "made sure that it was locked" by giving the cart a "push" from the left side. He stated that the cart did not "budge" after he pushed it. A video of the accident showed the cart being blown from the jet blast as it travelled across the ramp and impacted the left side of the aircraft. The other two baggage carts remained unmoved. ## Factual narrative According to a company flight safety investigator, the aircraft was parked at the gate while the first officer and four flight attendants were aboard preparing for the upcoming flight. Baggage handlers on the ramp were loading baggage onto the aircraft when the jet blast from a taxing Boeing 767-400ER blew an empty baggage cart from its parked position, which collided with the left side of the aft service panel, causing a 15 by 18 in puncture through the aircraft skin and severing two stringers. According to the baggage handler, after he had staged the empty baggage cart into location among two other carts, he "made sure that it was locked" by giving the cart a "push" from the left side. He stated that the cart did not "budge" after he pushed it. A video of the accident showed the cart being blown from the jet blast as it travelled across the ramp and impacted the left side of the aircraft. The other two baggage carts remained unmoved. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N3730B](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3730B), registered now, S/N 30538, built 2000 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (832) - Registry model: [Boeing 737-832](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-832) (registry code 13844CF) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [CFM International CFM56 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (registry code 13802, turbo-fan) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 30538 - Airframe hours: 25854 - Engines: CFM CFM56 7B 26000 lbs thrust turbo fan; CFM56 7B 26000 lbs thrust turbo fan - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Part 121 - Operator: Delta Air Lines, Inc. - Registered owner: Delta Air Lines, Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport - Last inspection: AAIP, July 6, 2010 - Departed: KJFK, New York, NY - Destination: KSLC, Salt Lake City, UT - Flight plan: IFR - Airport: KJFK, John F. Kennedy International ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Co-pilot; age 52; commercial, private, airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, unknown; last flight review January 29, 2010; seat: right; flight hours: 13,599 total, 7,427 in this make and model, 7,484 as pilot in command, 172 in the last 90 days, 73 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 170° at 13 knots, gusting 19 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 64 °F - Altimeter: 29.92 inHg - Observed at: KJFK ## Other investigations on N3730B (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB DCA19CA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA19CA091), Feb 18, 2019: Boeing 737 (N3730B), Franklin, TN, no damage. Probable cause: an encounter with convective turbulence during descent. ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 12, 2015, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=76628. 1.1 MB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 766 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40433817&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF - Witness Statements (item 2, .PDF, 328 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40433818&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Witness%20Statements-Master.PDF From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.