Boeing 737-3H4 N335SW

Summary

On 5 March 2001 at about 03:30 local time, a Boeing 737-3H4 registered N335SW was involved in an incident near Phoenix, Arizona, United States. 119 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.

Date

5 March 2001 at 03:30

Classification

Incident

Location

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

Phoenix Sky Harbor Internation (PHX)

Coordinates

33.4378, -112.0158

Aircraft

Boeing 737-3H4

Registration

N335SW

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Los Angeles → Phoenix

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

LAX01IA109

Nobody was injured.

the pilot's misjudgment of distance, which resulted in a runway overrun. A factor in the incident was the failure of the flightcrew to conduct a briefing for the approach to runway eight.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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The flight was cleared for the approach to runway 7 and the Captain briefed the First Officer for the approach. After getting their gate assignment, the crew requested, and was cleared for, the approach to runway 8. No briefing was conducted for the approach to runway 8, nor was there any discussion about runway length or that runway 8 was a visual runway and would not have lighting and markings associated with an instrument runway. The target airspeed was 135 knots, and the last airspeed callout was 137 knots. The flight data recorder indicated that the approach speed was 137.5 knots. According to information on the Flight Data Recorder, the airplane touched down approximately 2,000 feet past the approach end of the 6,000 foot long runway. Upon landing, the captain deployed the thrust reversers and applied the wheel brakes. When he noticing the end of the runway approaching faster than anticipated, he applied maximum braking and reverse thrust. The aircraft rolled beyond the end of the pavement and came to rest within one airplane length of the departure end of the runway with the empennage over the end of the runway.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.