# Accident 20040410030069A: Boeing 7373Q8, St Louis, MO, April 10, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 2004, 18:35 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert-St Louis International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 38.7478° N, 90.3600° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7478&lon=-90.3600&mi=10
- Aircraft: N662SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N662SW-2014-11-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-3Q8 (registry code 138447V, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-3q8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CFM56 series (registry code 30016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7373Q8
- People aboard: 104
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total, 23,000 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04LA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA126) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040410030069A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 10, 2004, AT APPROX. 1835 CDT, SOUTHWEST 2038, A BOEING 737 (N662SW), ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE WHILE ENROUTE TO THE ST. LOUIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ST. LOUIS, MO. DURING HIS TURBULENCE ENCOUNTER, A CABIN FLIGHT ATTENDANT RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES. NO INJURIES TO THE PASSENGERS OR OTHER CREWMEMBERS WAS REPORTED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT HOUSTON HOBBY AIRPORT.

## 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 CHI04LA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA126), Apr 10, 2004: Boeing 737-300 (N662SW), St. Louis, MO, no damage. Probable cause: The inadvertent encounter with turbulence which resulted in the injury to the flight attendant.

## Other reports on N662SW (2)

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

- [Incident 20061221027149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061221027149I), Dec 21, 2006: Boeing 7373Q8 (N662SW), Wichita, KS. (-23) On December 21, 2006, the flight crew for southwest airlines inc., operating as flight 1787, departing Oklahoma city, (okc) for houston, Texas, (iah),…
- [Incident 19950518014249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950518014249I), May 18, 1995: Boeing 7373Q8 (N662SW), Moses Lake, WA, Minor damage. Taxi test for hud display NR1 and 4 ttires lost recaps and blew tires were overheated due side loads on test run.

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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