# Incident 19911014050429I: Boeing 7373H4, San Francisco, CA, October 14, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 1991, 11:35 local time
- Place: San Francisco, CA
- Airport: San Francisco International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 37.6188° N, 122.3754° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN FRANCISCO INTL (SFO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6188&lon=-122.3754&mi=10
- Aircraft: N344SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N344SW-2017-10-26) (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: 37
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911014050429I

## Narrative

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

ON DESCENT TO AIRPORT NR2 THRUST REVERSER COWL SEPARATED FROM AIRCRAFT. IT STRUCK AND DAMAGED AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N344SW (2)

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

- [Incident 19970220008709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970220008709I), Feb 20, 1997: Boeing 7373H4 (N344SW), Burbank, CA. Narrative: on 02-20-97, at approximately 1714 PST, a swaa B-737 on descent into the Burbank airport, from "las" to "bur", flight #576, received a TCAS ra and…
- [Incident 19921117056189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921117056189I), Nov 17, 1992: Boeing 7373H4 (N344SW), San Antonio, TX, Minor damage. While making a turn to taxiway pilot departed taxiway. Stopped in mud. Left engine nacelle touched the ground.

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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