Boeing 737 N7739A

Summary

On 22 December 2019 at about 02:19 local time, a Boeing 737 registered N7739A, operated by Southwest Airlines, was involved in an accident near Kansas City, Missouri, United States. 141 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

22 December 2019 at 02:19

Classification

Accident

Location

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Nearest airport

Kansas City Intl (MCI)

Coordinates

39.1014, -94.4775

Aircraft

Boeing 737

Registration

N7739A

Category

Airplane

Year built

2006

Engines

2

Operator

Southwest Airlines

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Washington → Kansas City

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

DCA20CA050

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On December 21, 2019, at approximately 2020 central standard time, Southwest Airlines flight 5246, a B737-700, registration N7739A, struck a bird while descending to Kansas City International Airport (KMCI), Kansas City, Missouri. There were no injuries to the 5 crew members and 136 passengers onboard. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage. The flight was operating under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121 as a regularly scheduled passenger flight from Ronald Reagan National Airport (KDCA), Arlington, Virginia, to KMCI. According to the flight crew, the airplane was on the downwind leg for arrival on runway 19R at KMCI. As the airplane was descending through 10,000 feet-msl altitude, the flight crew noticed a white object go through the landing lights and heard a loud bang from the from fuselage below their feet. The flight crew checked engine parameters for any anomalies and the airplane for any damage, and none was found. The flight landed uneventfully, and post flight inspection of the airplane revealed evidence of a bird strike and dents in the lower right fuselage skin. Further inspection revealed two internal frames were bent and fractured.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.