# Incident 19850713046499I: Boeing 7373H4, Houston, TX, July 13, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 1985, 00:25 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: William P Hobby
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 29.6458° N, 95.2772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLIAM P HOBBY (HOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6458&lon=-95.2772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N302SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N302SW-2014-09-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-3H4 (registry code 138447K, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-3h4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7373H4
- People aboard: 121
- 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/19850713046499I

## Narrative

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

REVERSE THRUST APPLIED BUT AIRCRAFT STRUCK JETWAY. PILOT REPORTED BRAKE FAILURE BUT NO MALFUNCTION FOUND.

## Other reports on N302SW (2)

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

- [Incident 20051210030539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051210030539I), Dec 10, 2005: Boeing 7373H4 (N302SW), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) Swa fly 1708 right wing struck a southwest catering truck while being marshalled into gate C-12. Catering truck was parked on the outside edge of the…
- [Incident 19980210005199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980210005199I), Feb 10, 1998: Boeing 7373H4 (N302SW), Houston, TX. Narrative: aircraft touched down normally, shortly afterwards began a lateral movement to the left. At which time 3 main tires failed. Wind reported from…

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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