- Date
- August 9, 2016, 20:30 local (Aug 10, 2016, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- New York, NY
- Injuries
- 168 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Prior to flight
- Aircraft
- N3762YBoeing 737 832
- Defining event
- Prior to flight: Aircraft servicing event
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 2017
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Case key
- 93809
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
inadvertent collision by ground service vehicle.
Findings · 1
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
On August 9, 2016 at 2100 eastern daylight time, Delta Airlines as flight 442, a Boeing 737, N3762Y, was struck by a catering truck while parked at the gate during passenger boarding at John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK), Queens, New York. The impact resulted in substantial damage to the lower left fuselage of the airplane. The were no injuries to the six crewmembers, 160 passengers, or two ground service personnel. Weather was reported as night visual conditions. The ground crew reported that the truck had problems with the handbrake and jumped the chock, impacting the airplane. The flight was operating under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121 as a regularly scheduled passenger flight from JFK to Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC), Salt Lake City, Utah.
Factual narrative
On August 9, 2016 at 2100 eastern daylight time, Delta Airlines as flight 442, a Boeing 737, N3762Y, was struck by a catering truck while parked at the gate during passenger boarding at John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK), Queens, New York. The impact resulted in substantial damage to the lower left fuselage of the airplane. The were no injuries to the six crewmembers, 160 passengers, or two ground service personnel. Weather was reported as night visual conditions. The ground crew reported that the truck had problems with the handbrake and jumped the chock, impacting the airplane. The flight was operating under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121 as a regularly scheduled passenger flight from JFK to Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC), Salt Lake City, Utah.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3762Y
- Reported as
- Boeing 737 832 (832)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30817
- Built
- 2001
- Airframe hours
- 49,267
- Engines
- CFM Intl. CFM56 SERIES, turbo fanCFM Intl. CFM56 SERIES, turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Delta Air Lines
- Registered owner
- Delta Air Lines Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- August 8, 2016
- Departed
- KJFK · New York, NY
- Destination
- KSLC · Salt Lake City, UT
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- KJFK · John F Kennedy International A
- Equipment
- Stall warning system, Onboard weather, Heads up display, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Data recorder, Angle of attack indicator
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Unknown
- Last flight review
- January 29, 2016
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 14,526 total · 8,830 in this make and model · 176 in the last 90 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Co-pilot
- Age
- 40
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Unknown
- Last flight review
- February 14, 2016
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 686 total · 686 in this make and model · 146 in the last 90 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Wind
- 160° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.20 inHg
- Observed at
- KJFK
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 23, 2017, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.2 MB in all.