# Accident 20040414023199A: Boeing 7377H4, Beach Haven, NJ, April 14, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 2004, 17:45 local time
- Place: Beach Haven, NJ
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 39.5233° N, 74.1386° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5233&lon=-74.1386&mi=10
- Aircraft: N448WN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N448WN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-7H4 (registry code 1384404, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-7h4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7377H4
- Reported engine: GE CFM56*
- People aboard: 120
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 9,500 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC04LA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04LA107) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040414023199A

## Narrative

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

(-23) APRIL 14, 2004 APPROXIMATELY 1745 LCL TIME. SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 1025, PROCEEDING FROM BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, BALTIMORE, MD (BWI) TO LONG ISLAND MACARTHUR AIRPORT, RONKONKOMA, NY (ISP), ENCOUNTERED AN AREA OF CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE AT FL210, NEAR THE COLTS NECK VOR (CYN) 154 DEGREE RADIAL, 22 DME. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATING JUST EAST OF AN AREA OF FORECAST OCCASIONAL SEVERE TURBULENCE. PRIOR TO THE EVENT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS EXPERIENCING CONTINUOUS LIGHT CHOP. THE SEAT BELT SIGN WAS ON. THE FLIGHT CREW ASKED ATC FOR A RIDE REPORT AND WAS TOLD TO EXPECT NOTHING WORSE THAN THEY HAD. AS A RESULT OF THE CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE, ONE FLIGHT ATTENDANT SUFFERED A MULTIPLE COMPOUND FRACTURE OF HER ANKLE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT ISP WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. NO FURTHER ACTION IS DEEMED NECESSARY.

## 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 NYC04LA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04LA107), Apr 14, 2004: Boeing 737-700 (N448WN), Beach Haven, NJ, no damage. Probable cause: An encounter with turbulence during cruise flight.

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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