# Incident 19970220008709I: Boeing 7373H4, Burbank, CA, February 20, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 1997, 17:14 local time
- Place: Burbank, CA
- Airport: Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airp
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 34.1901° N, 118.3264° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Burbank, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1901&lon=-118.3264&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: 141
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,100 total, 6,500 in this make and model, 225 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970220008709I

## Narrative

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

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 TURNED SHARPLY CAUSING INJURY TO AN AFT CABIN FLIGHT ATTENDANT. TELEPHONE CONVERSATION: MR. BOBBY DEBENPORT WITH SWAA-DISPATCH (214) 904-4061 ON 02/21/97 @ 07:30 STATED THAT THE FLIGHT LOG SAID, DURING DESCENT INTO BUR THE PASSENGERS AND CREW WERE SEATED AND BUCKLED, EXCEPT FOR TWO FLIGHT ATTENDENTS IN THE AFT GALLEY AREA. WHILE DESCENDING IN A LEFT HAND TURN THE FLIGHT CREW RECEIVED A "TCAS" TA AND COMMUNICATION FROM BUR TOWER OF A TRAFFIC ALERT. THE PILOT SHARPLY TURNED TO THE RIGHT. ONE OF THE TWO FLIGHT ATTENDENTS STANDING IN THE AFT GALLEY WAS THROWN TO THE FLOOR AND KNOCKED MOMENTARILY UNCONSCIOUS. NEITHER BURBANK ATCT OR SO CAL TRACON IS PROCESSING A PILOT DEVIATION, NMAC, OR TCAS ALERT. NO VIOLATION OF THE FAR'S HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED, AND THE COMPANY IS NOT PLANNING ANY ACTION. INCIDENT #IWP0197002 IS CLOSED NO ACTION REQUIRED.

## Other reports on N344SW (2)

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

- [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.
- [Incident 19911014050429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911014050429I), Oct 14, 1991: Boeing 7373H4 (N344SW), San Francisco, CA, Minor damage. On descent to airport NR2 thrust reverser cowl separated from aircraft. It struck and damaged aircraft.

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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