Détails:
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: "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."
» NTSB-AAB-02-05
accident date: 05-03-2000
type: Boeing 737-3T5
registration: N668SW
accident date: 05-03-2000
type: Boeing 737-3T5
registration: N668SW
accident date: 05-03-2000
type: Boeing 737-3T5
registration: N668SW
accident date: 05-03-2000
type: Boeing 737-3T5
registration: N668SW
accident date: 05-03-2000
type: Boeing 737-3T5
registration: N668SW
accident date: 05-03-2000
type: Boeing 737-3T5
registration: N668SW
accident date: 05-03-2000
type: Boeing 737-3T5
registration: N668SW
accident date: 05-03-2000
type: Boeing 737-3T5
registration: N668SW
accident date: 05-03-2000
type: Boeing 737-3T5
registration: N668SW
accident date: 05-03-2000
type: Boeing 737-3T5
registration: N668SW
| Statuts: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | dimanche 5 mars 2000 |
| Heure: | 18:11 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Boeing 737-3T5 |
| Compagnie: | Southwest Airlines |
| Immatriculation: | N668SW |
| Numéro de série: | 23060/1069 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1984-12-21 (15 years 3 months) |
| Moteurs: | 2 CFMI CFM56-3B1 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 5 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 137 |
| Total: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 142 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Détruit |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | Burbank/Glendale/Pasadena Airport, CA (BUR) ( Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
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| Élévation des lieux de l'accident: | 237 m (778 feet) amsl |
| Phase de vol: | A l'atterrissage (LDG) |
| Nature: | Transport de Passagers Nat. |
| Aéroport de départ: | Las Vegas-McCarran International Airport, NV (LAS/KLAS), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
| Burbank/Glendale/Pasadena Airport, CA (BUR/KBUR), Etats-Unis d'Amérique | |
| Numéro de vol: | 1455 |
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:
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Sources:
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Opérations de secours
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
accident date: 05-03-2000
type: Boeing 737-3T5
registration: N668SW
accident date: 05-03-2000
type: Boeing 737-3T5
registration: N668SW
accident date: 05-03-2000
type: Boeing 737-3T5
registration: N668SW
accident date: 05-03-2000
type: Boeing 737-3T5
registration: N668SW
accident date: 05-03-2000
type: Boeing 737-3T5
registration: N668SW
accident date: 05-03-2000
type: Boeing 737-3T5
registration: N668SW
accident date: 05-03-2000
type: Boeing 737-3T5
registration: N668SW
accident date: 05-03-2000
type: Boeing 737-3T5
registration: N668SW
accident date: 05-03-2000
type: Boeing 737-3T5
registration: N668SW
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Las Vegas-McCarran International Airport, NV et Burbank/Glendale/Pasadena Airport, CA est de 356 km (223 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from official accident report.
La distance entre Las Vegas-McCarran International Airport, NV et Burbank/Glendale/Pasadena Airport, CA est de 356 km (223 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from official accident report.
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