# Incident 20010320003679I: Boeing 7373H4, Phoenix, AZ, March 20, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 2001, 19:49 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix Sky Harbor International
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 33.4343° N, 112.0116° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX SKY HARBOR INTL (PHX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4343&lon=-112.0116&mi=10
- Aircraft: N620SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N620SW-2018-11-15) (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
- Reported engine: GE CFM563B1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,000 total, 9,000 in this make and model, 177 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010320003679I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 2, 2001 AT 2144 HOURS MST SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 838 DEPARTED PHOENIX SKY HARBOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON RUNWAY ENROUTE TO SAN ANTONIO, TX. AFTER DEPARTURE THE A/C BEGAN FILLING WITH SMOKE AND THE FLIGHT CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO PHOENIX AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 25R AT 1949 HOURS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) PREVAILED. AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION WAS ACCOMPLISHED AT TAXI WAY ECHO AND SIERRA WITH NO INJURIES TO THE PASSENGERS OR CREW MEMEBERS. A BORESCOPE INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED ON BOTH ENGINES AND THE NUMBER TWO (2) ENGINE WAS FOUND TO BE LEAKING OIL INTO THE COMPRESSOR SECTION WHICH WAS PASSED INTO THE 9TH STAGE BLEED AIR DUCT AND INTO THE AIR CYCLING MACHINE CAUSING THE CABIN/COCKPIT TO FILL WITH SMOKE. THE ENGINE WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED.

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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