Boeing 737 7H4 accident near Flushing, NY
On July 22, 2013, a Boeing 737 7H4 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Flushing, NY. No one was seriously hurt. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- July 22, 2013
- Place
- Flushing, NY
- Aircraft
- Boeing 737 7H4 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 0 fatal, 0 serious, 8 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 40.777°N, 73.873°W
- NTSB ID
- 20130723X13256
Sequence of events
- Hard landing (Landing-flare/touchdown, defining event)
- Landing gear collapse (Landing-flare/touchdown)
NTSB findings
- Descent/approach/glide path · Not attained/maintained (Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability › Performance/control parameters)
- Cause: Lack of action · Pilot (Personnel issues › Action/decision › Action)
- Factor: Use of policy/procedure · Pilot (Personnel issues › Task performance › Use of equip/info)
Conditions
- Local time
- 9:00 PM
- Light
- Daylight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Wind
- 40° at 8 kt
- Visibility
- 7 mi
- Cloud ceiling
- 7,500 ft
From Wikipedia
Southwest Airlines Flight 345 was a scheduled flight from Nashville International Airport, Tennessee, to New York City's LaGuardia Airport. On July 22, 2013, the Boeing 737-700 operating the route suffered a front landing-gear collapse while landing at LaGuardia Airport, injuring 9 people on board. The aircraft, which was worth an estimated $15.5 million at the time, was written off and scrapped as a result of the accident.
Text from Wikipedia, “Southwest Airlines Flight 345”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
