Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2018
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | Saturday 19 June 2010 |
| Time: | 18:11 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-832 (WL) |
| Operator: | Delta Air Lines |
| Registration: | N3730B |
| C/n / msn: | 30538/662 |
| First flight: | 2000-09-08 (9 years 10 months) |
| Total airframe hrs: | 25854 |
| Engines: | 2 CFMI CFM56-7B26 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Airplane fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK) ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK), United States of America |
| Salt Lake City International Airport, UT (SLC/KSLC), United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | DL1733 |
The Boeing 737-800, N3730B, operating as Delta Air Lines flight number 1733, was substantially damaged when it was hit by a baggage cart at New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). At the time of the accident, there were 5 crewmembers aboard and no injuries.
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 inch puncture through the aircraft skin and severing two stringers.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "A baggage cart impacting the airplane and causing substantial damage as a result of the jet blast from a passing airplane."
Accident investigation:
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Classification:
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY to Salt Lake City International Airport, UT as the crow flies is 3172 km (1982 miles).
Distance from New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY to Salt Lake City International Airport, UT as the crow flies is 3172 km (1982 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
