| Crash location | 37.721667°N, 122.221667°W |
| Nearest city | Oakland, CA
37.804372°N, 122.270803°W 6.3 miles away |
| Tail number | N232WN |
|---|---|
| Accident date | 23 Aug 2015 |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 737 7H4 |
| Additional details: | None |
On August 23, 2015, at Metro Oakland Airport (OAK), Oakland, California, a ground operations specialist received serious injury after being struck by a component of a service golf cart which had been blown by jet blast. Southwest Airlines (SWA) flight 1995 had pushed back from gate 26 and was beginning to taxi. Ground operations personnel were servicing another SWA aircraft parked one gate over, at gate 28. One of their golf carts was parked near the rear of aircraft. As SWA1995 began to taxi and turn to exit the alley way, the jet blast struck the roof of the golf cart which separated and hit one of the ground operations personnel. He was transported to the hospital and diagnosed with a broken knee cap.
inadvertent jet blast, resulting in debris striking ground operations personnel.