Accident
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Statuts: | Enquête Officielle |
| Date: | 13 JUI 2009 |
| Heure: | 18:07 EDT |
| Type/Sous-type: | Boeing 737-3H4 |
| Compagnie: | Southwest Airlines |
| Immatriculation: | N387SW |
| Numéro de série: | 26602/2627 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1994-06-16 (15 years 1 months) |
| Heures de vol: | 50500 |
| Cycles: | 42500 |
| Moteurs: | 2 CFMI CFM56-3B1 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 5 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 126 |
| Total: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 131 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Substantiels |
| Lieu de l'accident: | près de Charleston, WV (Etats-Unis d'Amérique) |
| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Transport de Passagers Nat. |
| Aéroport de départ: | Nashville International Airport, TN (BNA/KBNA), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
| Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI/KBWI), Etats-Unis d'Amérique | |
| Numéro de vol: | 2294 |
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." Sources:
» NTSB
» Soutwest Airlines
Opérations de secours
Following the Southwest Airlines (SWA) flight 2294 event, on September 3, 2009, Boeing issued Service Bulletin (SB) 737-53A1301, calling for repetitive external inspections to detect cracks in the fuselage skin along the chemically milled step at stringers S-1 and S-2 right and between BS 827 and BS 847. (The hole from the SWA event was within those boundaries.) If cracks are detected, operators are to contact Boeing for repair instructions. FAA issued 1 Airworthiness Directive
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Photos
Section of fuselage skin on exterior of aircraft
N387SW parked at the gate at Charleston following the emergency
Video/animation
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposé destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Nashville International Airport, TN et Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport est de 937 km (586 miles).
La distance entre Nashville International Airport, TN et Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport est de 937 km (586 miles).
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tels qui sont connus à ce jour.
