Date: | Monday 13 July 2009 |
Time: | 18:07 |
Type: | Boeing 737-3H4 |
Owner/operator: | Southwest Airlines |
Registration: | N387SW |
MSN: | 26602/2627 |
Year of manufacture: | 1994 |
Total airframe hrs: | 50500 hours |
Cycles: | 42500 flights |
Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-3B1 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 131 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Charleston, WV -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Nashville International Airport, TN (BNA/KBNA) |
Destination airport: | Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, MD (BWI/KBWI) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Southwest flight 2294, a Boeing 737-300 experienced rapid decompression while en route from Nashville Metropolitan Airport, TN (BNA) to Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI). The crew declared an emergency and landed at Charleston-Yeager Airport, WV (CRW). On examination, a hole measuring approximately 17 inches by 8 inches (43 x 20 cm) was discovered in the top of the fuselage. There were no injuries reported.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Fuselage skin failure due to preexisting fatigue at a chemically milled step."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | DCA09FA065 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year 1 month |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
Soutwest Airlines
Location
Images:
photo (c) NTSB; July 2009; (publicdomain)
photo (c) J.Talbott; Charleston-Kanawha County Airport, WV (CRW/KCRW); 13 July 2009
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