Boeing 737 N249WN

Summary

On 28 March 2019 at about 00:25 local time, a Boeing 737 registered N249WN, operated by Southwest Airlines, was involved in an accident near Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The number of people on board was not recorded. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

28 March 2019 at 00:25

Classification

Accident

Location

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Nearest airport

Nashville International Airpor (KBNA)

Coordinates

36.1244, -86.6781

Aircraft

Boeing 737

Registration

N249WN

Category

Airplane

Year built

2006

Engines

2

Operator

Southwest Airlines

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Pittsburgh → Nashville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

DCA19CA130

Injuries not recorded.

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 March 27, 2019 at 7:25pm central daylight time (EDT), a Boeing 737-700, N249WN, operated by Southwest Airlines as flight 975 struck a bird with the left horizontal stabilizer while descending through 2,500 feet on approach to the Berry-Nashville International Airport (KBNA), Nashville, Tennessee. The airplane landed at KBNA with no further incident. There were no injuries and the airplane was substantial damaged. The regularly scheduled passenger flight was operating under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 121 from the Pittsburgh International Airport (KPIT), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to KBNA. Damage to the airplane included a 12 inch crack in the forward spar, requiring replacement of the horizontal stabilizer. Bird residue was sent to the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History laboratory, and identified as a Great Blue Heron.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.