# Incident 20020607012949I: Boeing 7373H4, Nashville, TN, June 7, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 2002, 12:40 local time
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Airport: Nashville International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- 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: N621SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N621SW-2019-01-07) (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: 129
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,600 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020607012949I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT HAD JUST DEPARTED BNA AND WAS CLIMBING THROUGH 11,000 FEET WHEN IT EXPERIENCED SEVERE INFLIGHT VIBRATION. THE PIC DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BNA WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. TWO FLIGHT CREW/THREE CABIN CREWMEMBERS AND ONE HUNDRED TWENTY FOUR PASSENGERS WERE ON BOARD. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. EMERGENCY EVACUATION WAS NOT INITIATED. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO THE LEFT ELEVATOR TRIM TAB AND THE LEFT ELEVATOR INBOARD HINGE. AN INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE LEFT ELEVATOR TRIM TAB BOLT WAS MISSING FROM THE TRIM TAB INBOARD ATTACH POINT.

## Other reports on N621SW (2)

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

- [Incident 20140722011389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140722011389I), Jul 22, 2014: Boeing 737-3H4 (N621SW), Columbus, OH, No damage. The FSDO manager received a call 7/23/14 at 0030 eastern from the gl roc, stating that a southwest B-737-384, N-621SW, ser# 28037 enroute from bwi to mdw…
- [Incident 20111227029359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111227029359I), Dec 27, 2011: Boeing 737-3H4 (N621SW), Sacramento, CA, Minor damage. Southwest airlines flight 2287, a Boeing 737 aircraft, attempted to depart the Sacramento international airport at approximately 1813 hrs on December 27, 2011.…

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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