Runway overrun and collision Southwest Airlines flight 1248, Boeing 737-7H4, N471WN, Chicago Midway International Airport, Chicago, Ill, December 8, 2005 / National Transportation Safety Board.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. National Transportation Safety Board

Series:

Aircraft accident report (United States. National Transportation Safety Board) ; NTSB/AAR-07-06.

Aircraft accident report ; NTSB/AAR-07/06

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Southwest Airlines Co.

Aircraft accidents--Illinois--Chicago.

Aircraft accidents.

Runways (Aeronautics)--Accidents--Illinois--Chicago.

Runways (Aeronautics).

Boeing 737 (Jet transport).

Runways (Aeronautics)--Accidents.

Illinois--Chicago.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 235 pages)

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Transportation Safety Board, [2007]

Summary:

"On December 8, 2005, about 1914 central standard time, Southwest Airlines (SWA) flight 1248, a Boeing 737-7H4, N471WN, ran off the departure end of runway 31C after landing at Chicago Midway International Airport, Chicago, Illinois. The airplane rolled through a blast fence, an airport perimeter fence, and onto an adjacent roadway, where it struck an automobile before coming to a stop. A child in the automobile was killed, one automobile occupant received serious injuries, and three other automobile occupants received minor injuries. Eighteen of the 103 airplane occupants (98 passengers, 3 flight attendants, and 2 pilots received minor injuries, and the airplane was substantially damaged. The airplane was being operated under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121 and had departed from Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, Baltimore, Maryland, about 1758 eastern standard time. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident flight, which operated on an instrument flight rules flight plan. The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the probable cause of this accident was the pilots' failure to use available reverse thrust in a timely manner to safely slow or stop the airplane after landing, which resulted in a runway overrun. This failure occurred because the pilots' first experience and lack of familiarity with the airplane' autobrake system distracted them from thrust reverser usage during the challenging landing. [snip] The safety issues discussed in this report include the flight crew's decisions and actions, the clarity of assumptions used in on board performance computers, SWA policies, guidance, and training, arrival landing distance assessments and safety margins, runway surface condition assessments and braking action reports, airplane-based friction measurements, and runway safety areas."--Page ix

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed February 19, 2009).

"Adopted October 2, 2007."

Includes bibliographical references.

"PB2007-910407."

"Notation: 7753F."

OCLC:

310092443