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Aviation incident DCA19IA036

NONE · Boeing 737 · 2018-12-06 · Burbank, CA, USA

Event

NTSB number
DCA19IA036
Event ID
20181206X45642
Type
Incident
Date
2018-12-06
Location
Burbank, CA, USA
Coordinates
34.200553, -118.35861

Injuries

Highest injury
NONE
Fatal
0
Serious
0
Minor
0
Uninjured
117
Total aboard
117

Aircraft

Make
Boeing
Model
737
Registration
N752SW
FAR Part
121
Engines
2
Damage
MINR

Conditions

Light
DAYL
Weather
IMC

Probable cause

(1) The flight crewmembers’ decision, due to plan continuation bias, to continue the approach despite indications of windshear and a higher-than-expected tailwind and (2) the flight crew’s misperception of the airplane’s touchdown point, which was farther down the runway than the crew assumed because of the faster-than-expected groundspeed. Contributing to the accident was Southwest Airlines’ lack of guidance to prompt flight crews to reassess operator-provided landing data when arrival weather conditions differ from those used in the original landing data calculation.

Source

Authoritative
NTSB CAROL
Machine
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