ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 73914
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| Date: | Tuesday 14 January 1997 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-2H4 |
| Owner/operator: | Southwest Airlines |
| Registration: | N52SW |
| MSN: | 21533/524 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 127 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Augusta, GA (AUG) -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Tampa (TPA) |
| Baltimore (BWI) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
EMERGENCY LANDING HYDRAULIC FAILURE REPORT, AC N52SW, FLT 1867, JAN. 14, 1997
EMERGENCY LANDING AUGUSTA GA./FULL HYDRAULIC FAILURE[BOTH A & B]/MANUAL
REVERSION/AIRCRAFT VIOLENTLY PORPOISING AND YAWING/OBSERVED STRANGE NOISES FROM
BENEATH FLOOR OF OVERWING WINDOW EXIT AREA/LOUD SCREECHING NOISES FROM
ENGINES/REMOVED GALLEY POWER BY PULLING CIRCUIT BREAKERS/FLIGHT ATTENDANTS RCVD. 4
RINGS FROM COCKPIT/INFORMED BY AND COORDINATED WITH COCKPIT CREW CONCERNING, NATURE
OF EMERGENCY, EXPECTED OUTCOME [LIKELY EVAC OR POSSIBLE LOSS OF AIRCRAFT DUE TO LIMITED
FLIGHT CONTROL, TOLD WATER AND TREES AT END OF RUNWAY], DISCUSSED TIME AVAILABLE/FLIGHT
ATTENDANTS PREPARED CABIN FOR EMERGENCY LANDING AND EXPECTED EVACUATION/BRIEFED
ABA'S [ABLE BODY ASSISTANTS], MADE EMERGENCY PA ANNOUNCEMENTS, DEMONSTRATED AND
BRIEFED EACH ROW ON PROPER EMERG. BRACE/CRASH POSITION/NOXIOUS FUMES [PYROLYZED
HYDRAULIC FLUID/JET TURBINE OIL etc.] ENTERED PASSENGER CABIN VIA BLEED AIR SYSTEM AND
PASSENGER CABIN VENTILATION DURING EVENT/CABIN PREPARED & SECURED/IMMEDIATELY
STRAPPED INTO JUMP-SEATS/AC CONTINUING TO MAKE STRANGE AND UNUSUAL MOVEMENTS/NOW
ON FINAL APPROACH/BRACE-BRACE-BRACE PA FROM CAPT/UPON TOUCH DOWN FLIGHT ATTENDANTS
SHOUT EMERGENCY COMMANDS "HEADS DOWN-STAY-DOWN" "HEADS-DOWN-STAY-DOWN" REPEATINGUNTIL AC STOPPED/REMAIN SEATED PA FROM CAPT./EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT AND FIRE FIGHTERS
OUTSIDE OF AIRCRAFT/COORDINATED WITH COCKPIT/PASSENGERS TO REMAIN SEATED/NO
EVACUATION/BREAKS SEIZED/NO WAY TO MOVE AIRCRAFT/WAIT ON RUNWAY FOR APROX. 2 HOURS
THEN OFFLOAD PASSENGERS VIA AC AIR-STAIRS
Sources:
Working Flight crew on actual flight
Images:
photo in pdf of original post 73914
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Apr-2010 12:05 | ChadSWA737 | Added |
| 11-Apr-2010 12:07 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Damage] |
| 20-Apr-2012 16:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 19-Sep-2014 18:19 | TB | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 21-Sep-2014 19:10 | TB | Updated [Registration, Cn] |
| 20-Oct-2014 18:59 | Original Poster | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Photo, ] |
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