# Incident 19780810049379I: Boeing 737/, Dallas, TX, August 10, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 1978, 12:53 local time
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: Love
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWA
- Location: 32.7831° N, 96.8067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dallas, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7831&lon=-96.8067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53SW-1999-04-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-2H4 (registry code 138448C, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-2h4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737/
- People aboard: 78
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780810049379I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

TAKEOFF ABORTED WHEN #3 TIRE BLEW. FLAP DAMAGED.

## Other reports on N53SW (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19980731027409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980731027409I), Jul 31, 1998: Boeing 7372H4 (N53SW), Albuquerque, NM, Minor damage. On departure from abq, a southwest airline B737-flight 803 had the number 1 tire on the left main landing gear fail. Debris caused damage to the number 1…
- [Accident 19960708019899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960708019899A), Jul 8, 1996: Boeing 7372H4 (N53SW), Nashville, TN, Minor damage. Narrative: on July 8, 1996, southwest 436, a B-737-2H4 (N53SW) aborted takeoff on RW20C at Nashville, TN (bna), after ingesting a bird in the left engine at…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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