Boeing 737-700 accident near Pensacola, FL
On August 27, 2016, a Boeing 737-700 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Pensacola, FL. No one was seriously hurt. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- August 27, 2016
- Place
- Pensacola, FL
- Aircraft
- Boeing 737-700 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 0 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 30.473°N, 87.187°W
- NTSB ID
- 20160827X31134
Sequence of events
- Pressure/environ sys malf/fail (Enroute-cruise)
- Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail (Enroute, defining event)
NTSB findings
- Cause: Compressor section · Fatigue/wear/corrosion (Aircraft › Aircraft power plant › Engine (turbine/turboprop))
- Factor: Plates/skins (nacelle/pylon) · Damaged/degraded (Aircraft › Aircraft structures › Nacelles/pylons structure)
- Factor: Fuselage main structure · Damaged/degraded (Aircraft › Aircraft structures › Fuselage)
Conditions
- Local time
- 2:30 PM
- Light
- Daylight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Wind
- 60° at 6 kt
- Visibility
- 10 mi
From Wikipedia
Southwest Airlines Flight 3472 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight operating from New Orleans International Airport in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Orlando International Airport in Orlando, Florida. On August 27, 2016, the Boeing 737-700, with 99 passengers and five crew, 12 minutes after departure from New Orleans, was climbing through 31,000 feet and heading east over the Gulf of Mexico when the aircraft's number one CFM International CFM56-7 engine suffered an engine failure. A fan blade in the engine broke due to a fatigue crack. The separated portion of the blade rotated within the engine, moving forward, striking the engine inlet. Debris from the damaged engine inlet punctured the left side of the fuselage causing a loss of cabin pressure and damaged the wing and empennage. Oxygen masks were deployed to passengers while the crew initiated an emergency descent to 10,000 feet. The aircraft then diverted to Pensacola International Airport for a safe landing about 20 minutes later without further incident.
Text from Wikipedia, “Southwest Airlines Flight 3472”, 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.
