SDR MALA070073

Service difficulty report · Structure · Saab 340B

Difficulty date
July 4, 2007
Submitted
July 11, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N437XJ
Make and model
Saab 340B
Aircraft serial
340B437
Aircraft time
21,420 hours, 23,659 cycles
Part
Structure
Condition
Damaged
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
E

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AIRCRAFT HAD ARRIVED TO MSP AFTER LANDING FLIGHT 2788 WITH PASSENGERS ON BOARD. AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO GATE AREA AND WAS WAITING AT CIRCLE 95. AIRCRAFT 8896 WAS PUSHED BACK AND LEAVING FROM B14 WHEN JET BLAST FROM THE CRJ PUSHED BAG CARTS FROM THE GOPHER AREA. ONE CART MADE CONTACT WITH THE RT SIDE OF N437XJ BELOW FO'S SIDE WINDOW. ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN BY CREW TO AVOID A POSSIBLE PROP STRIKE WITH BAG CART. INSTALLED FLUSH REPAIR TO DAMAGE ON RT SIDE OF A/C JUST BELOW AND A FEW FEET BEHIND FO'S WINDOW IAW EO NR S53044.

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