# Incident 20010816019969I: Boeing 737347, Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, August 16, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2001, 10:24 local time
- Place: Dallas-Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Dallas-Fort Worth International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 32.8964° N, 97.0375° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8964&lon=-97.0375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N308WA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N308WA-2018-01-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-347 (registry code 138447U, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-347) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737347
- Pilot flight hours: 15,040 total, 10,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW01IA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01IA183) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010816019969I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ATC CLEARED DELTA 1521 FOR TAKEOFF ON DFW RUNWAY 18L JUST 30 SECONDS BEFORE CLEARING CONTINENTAL 1487, WHICH HAD JUST LANDED ON RUNWAY 18R, TO CROSS RUNWAY 18L AT TAXIWAY WHISKEY MIKE, RESULTING IN A RUNWAY INCURSION INCIDENT. THE DELTA 1521 CREW SAW THE CONTINENTAL AIRCRAFT IN FRONT OF THEM IN TIME TO "FIREWALL" THEIR THROTTLES, ROTATE 20 KNOTS EARLY, AND TAKE OFF, VERTICALLY CLEARING THE CONTINENTAL FLIGHT BY ABOUT 100'. THE DELTA CREW'S EARLY ROTATION DID RESULT, HOWEVER, IN THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT STRIKING THE RUNWAY, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE SKIN ON THE LOWER TAIL SECTION.  EARLY SUSPICIONS OF ENGINE DAMAGE DUE TO OVERTEMP AND/OR OVERSPEED PROVED UNFOUNDED AND NEITHER PERSONAL INJURY NOR OTHER AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WERE NOTED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW01IA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01IA183), Aug 16, 2001: Boeing 737-347 (N308WA), DFW Airport, TX, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The local controller clearing the taxiing aircraft to cross the runway in front of the aircraft on takeoff roll. Contributing factors were the local controller's failure to follow FAA procedures and…

## Other reports on N308WA (4)

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

- [Incident 20050722015489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050722015489I), Jul 22, 2005: Boeing 737347 (N308WA), Jackson, WY. (-23) During takeoff roll the number one engine ingested a bird, and the aircraft aborted takeoff.
- [Incident 20030404009229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030404009229I), Apr 4, 2003: Boeing 737347 (N308WA), Helena, MT, Minor damage. (-23) On April 4, 2003, delta flight 1452, enroute from salt lake city (slc), Utah, to Helena (hln), Montana, landed at hln. After landing and post-flight…
- [Incident 19970430013079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970430013079I), Apr 30, 1997: Boeing 737347 (N308WA), Salt Lake City, UT, Minor damage. Narrative: delta 1939 encountered two or more sea gulls while on final approach to slc. One bird struck the left main gear another the right side of the nose…
- [Incident 19960828035139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960828035139I), Aug 28, 1996: Boeing 737300 (N308WA), Santa Ana, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: on August 28, 1996 delta airlines flight 2077 departed Santa Ana, CA, Orange county airport to salt lake city, UT. On take off from runway 19R…

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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