ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-3T5 N668SW Burbank/Glendale/Pasadena Airport, CA (BUR)

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Status:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Date:	Sunday 5 March 2000
Time:	18:11
Type:	Boeing 737-3T5
Operator:	Southwest Airlines
Registration:	N668SW
MSN:	23060/1069
First flight:	1984-12-21 (15 years 3 months)
Engines:	2 CFMI CFM56-3B1
Crew:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Passengers:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 137
Total:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 142
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Aircraft fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	Burbank/Glendale/Pasadena Airport, CA (BUR) ( United States of America)
Crash site elevation:	237 m (778 feet) amsl
Phase:	Landing (LDG)
Nature:	Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:	Las Vegas-McCarran International Airport, NV (LAS/KLAS), United States of America
Destination airport:	Burbank/Glendale/Pasadena Airport, CA (BUR/KBUR), United States of America
Flightnumber:	1455

Narrative:
Flight 1455 was vectored for a visual approach to runway 08 with a restriction to remain at or above 3,000 feet amsl until passing the Van Nuys VOR beacon, located about 6 miles from the runway. Radar data suggest that the flight began its descent from 3,000 feet about 4 miles from the runway. FDR data suggest that the flight's descent angle from 3,000 feet to touchdown was in excess of 6 degrees. In comparison, the ILS flight path angle for runway 08 is 3 degrees. The crew was cleared to land by Burbank Tower and also advised that the wind was from 210 degrees at six knots. Touchdown speed was 182 knots. The aircraft could not be stopped on the remaining runway length and overran. It crashed through the perimeter fence at a speed of 32 knots and ended up on a highway. During the accident sequence, the forward service door (1R) escape slide inflated inside the airplane; the nose gear collapsed; and the forward dual flight attendant jumpseat, which was occupied by two flight attendants, partially collapsed.

Probable Cause:

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The flight crew's excessive airspeed and flightpath angle during the approach and landing and its failure to abort the approach when stabilized approach criteria were not met. Contributing to the accident was the controller's positioning of the airplane in such a manner as to leave no safe options for the flight crew other than a go-around maneuver."

Accident investigation:

Investigating agency:	NTSB
Status:	Investigation completed
Duration:	2 years and 4 months
Accident number:	NTSB AAB-02-04
Download report:	Final report

Classification:

Landing after unstabilized approach
High speed landing
Runway excursion

Sources:

» SKYbrary
» NTSB-AAB-02-05

Follow-up / safety actions

Both pilots were fired by Southwest Airlines, August 3, 2000.

NTSB issued 4 Safety Recommendations

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accident date: 05-03-2000
type: Boeing 737-3T5
registration: N668SW

Map

This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Las Vegas-McCarran International Airport, NV to Burbank/Glendale/Pasadena Airport, CA as the crow flies is 356 km (223 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from official accident report.

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.

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Issued: 26-APR-2001	To: FAA	A-01-12
ISSUE AN AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE TO REQUIRE ALL OPERATORS OF BOEING 737-300 THROUGH -500 SERIES AIRPLANES TO REPLACE THE SLIDE COVER LATCH BRACKETS ON FORWARD SLIDE COMPARTMENTS WITH THE TYPE OF SLIDE COVER LATCH BRACKETS INSTALLED ON THE FORWARD SLIDE COMPARTMENTS OF BOEING 737-600 THROUGH -900 SERIES AIRPLANES. (Closed - Acceptable Action)
Issued: 26-APR-2001	To: FAA	A-01-13
ISSUE AN AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE TO REQUIRE INITIAL AND PERIODIC INSPECTIONS (AT APPROPRIATE INTERVALS) OF THE PIVOT BRACKET ASSEMBLIES ON ALL TRANS AERO INDUSTRIES MODEL 90835 JUMPSEATS INSTALLED ON BOEING 737-300 THROUGH -500 SERIES AIRPLANES. (Closed - Acceptable Alternate Action)
Issued: 06-MAY-2003	To: FAA	A-03-11
Require all 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 139 certificated airports to upgrade all runway safety areas that could, with feasible improvements, be made to meet the minimum standards established by Advisory Circular 150/5300-13, "Airport Design." The upgrades should be made proactively, not only as part of other runway improvement projects. (Open - Acceptable Response)
Issued: 06-MAY-2003	To: FAA	A-03-12
Require all 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 139 certificated airports to install engineered materials arresting systems in each runway safety area available for air carrier use that could not, with feasible improvements, be made to meet the minimum standards established by Advisory Circular 150/5300-13, "Airport Design." The systems should be installed proactively, not only as part of other runway improvement projects. (Open - Acceptable Response)