Boeing 737-300 N350SW
8 September 1993 · St. Louis, Missouri, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 8 September 1993 at about 22:40 local time, a Boeing 737-300 registered N350SW was involved in an incident near St. Louis, Missouri, United States. 144 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 22:40
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- St. Louis, Missouri, United States
- Nearest airport
- Lambert-St. Louis Intl (STL)
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing 737-300
- Registration
- N350SW
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 121: Air Carrier
- Purpose of flight
- Unknown
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Kansas City → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Minor
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CHI93IA354
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 144 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 144 |
Probable cause
a failure of the left outboard foreflap due to the loss of the bolts that hold the inboard sequencing carriage to the foreflap attach lug.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The airplane was on final approach when the tower controller requested a go-around for traffic separation. The flight crew executed the go-around. The first officer, who was flying the airplane remarked the airplane was not flying right. Cabin attendants reported a problem with the left flaps. An off-duty captain riding in the cockpit investigated and reported the left outboard foreflap was broken and hanging loose. The Captain took control and made an uneventful landing. Examination of the failed flap assembly found that the nuts were missing on the two aft bolts which hold the inboard sequencing carriage to the foreflap attach lug, and the two forward bolts were fractured.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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