# Accident 20040604029639A: Boeing 7377H4, Liberal, KS, June 4, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 2004, 18:17 local time
- Place: Liberal, KS
- Airport: Liberal Municipal
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 37.0358° N, 100.9220° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0358&lon=-100.9220&mi=10
- Aircraft: N757LV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N757LV) (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
- People aboard: 135
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA148) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040604029639A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 4, 2004, AT 1817 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A BOEING 737-7H4, N757LV, OPERATED BY SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO., AS FLIGHT 2297, ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE APPROXIMATELY 15 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHEAST OF LIBERAL, KS, DURING CRUISE FLIGHT AT FLIGHT LEVEL 370. ONE FLIGHT ATTENDANT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT THEN DIVERTED TO KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, KANSAS CITY, MO, WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. VISUAL AND INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WITH CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PASSENGER CARRYING FLIGHT WAS OPERATING ON AN INSTRUMENT RULES FLIGHT PLAN UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 121. THE 2 FLIGHT CREW MEMBERS, 2 REMAINING FLIGHT ATTENDANTS, AND 131 PASSENGERS REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED FROM PHOENIX SKY HARBOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, PHOENIX, AZ, AT 1650 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, AND WAS ENROUTE TO PORT COLUMBUS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, COLUMBUS, OH.

## 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 CHI04LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA148), Jun 4, 2004: Boeing 737-7H4 (N757LV), Liberal, KS, no damage. Probable cause: The adverse weather encountered during cruise flight by the flight crew and the flight attendant not being restrained. A contributing factor was the convective activity.

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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