Boeing 737 N7710A
13 December 2014 · Baltimore, Maryland, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 13 December 2014 at about 01:30 local time, a Boeing 737 registered N7710A, operated by Southwest Airlines, Co., was involved in an accident near Baltimore, Maryland, United States. 145 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 01:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- Nearest airport
- Baltimore Washington Internati (BWI)
- Coordinates
- 39.1753, -76.6683
- Aircraft
- Boeing 737
- Registration
- N7710A
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 2005
- Operator
- Southwest Airlines, Co.
- Operating rule
- Part 121: Air Carrier
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- San Antonio → Baltimore
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night
- NTSB number
- DCA15CA037
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 145 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145 |
Probable cause
an inadvertent encounter with birds during approach to land that resulted in substantial damage.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
On December 12, 2014, about 2030 eastern standard time, Southwest Airlines flight 3118, a Boeing 737-76N, registration N7710A, encountered multiple bird strikes while on approach to Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, Baltimore, Maryland. None of the passengers or crew members were injured and the airplane sustained substantial damage. The flight was operating under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 121 as a domestic passenger flight and originated from San Antonio International Airport, San Antonio, Texas. The captain stated that while descending through about 2,500 feet on approach to land the airplane struck multiple birds. Inspection of the airplane after landing reveled substantial damage to the 178 forward pressure bulkhead and left wing fixed leading edge main rib.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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