# Incident 19971020035409I: Boeing 7373H4, Nashville, TN, October 20, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 1997, 14:03 local time
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Airport: Nashville International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 36.1245° N, 86.6782° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NASHVILLE INTL (BNA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1245&lon=-86.6782&mi=10
- Aircraft: N656SW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7373H4
- People aboard: 97
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971020035409I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE FROM JAN TO MDW WHEN #1 ENGINE FAILED. PIC DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED TO BNA WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. #1 ENGINE ACCESSORY CASE WAS RUPTURED. THE FAILURE WAS NOT CONTAINED. #1 ENGINE LEFT COWL DOOR HAD NUMEROUS SMALL HOLES IN IT. TWO FLIGHT CREW MEMBERS, THREE CABIN CREW MEMBERS AND NINETY ONE PASSENGERS WERE ON BOARD. NO INJURIES.

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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