What happened
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(-23) Aircraft landed on snow covered r/w. fair to poor braking reported. Cpt. Couldn't set t.r.'s to deploy. Also brakes used but later taken off. F.o. deployed t.r.'s. a/c impacted fence and two automobiles. (-23 amendment) southwest flight 1248, a Boeing 737-7H4, N471WN, overran runway 31C at Chicago Midway Airport during rollout. The airplane departed the end of the runway through a blast fence, a perimeter fence and onto a roadway. The aircraft came to a stop after impacting two automobiles. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time. The runway was reported as fair the first half and poor the last half.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) AIRCRAFT LANDED ON SNOW COVERED R/W. FAIR TO POOR BRAKING REPORTED. CPT. COULDN'T SET T.R.'S TO DEPLOY. ALSO BRAKES USED BUT LATER TAKEN OFF. F.O. DEPLOYED T.R.'S. A/C IMPACTED FENCE AND TWO AUTOMOBILES. (-23 AMENDMENT) SOUTHWEST FLIGHT 1248, A BOEING 737-7H4, N471WN, OVERRAN RUNWAY 31C AT CHICAGO MIDWAY AIRPORT DURING ROLLOUT. THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE END OF THE RUNWAY THROUGH A BLAST FENCE, A PERIMETER FENCE AND ONTO A ROADWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP AFTER IMPACTING TWO AUTOMOBILES. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE RUNWAY WAS REPORTED AS FAIR THE FIRST HALF AND POOR THE LAST HALF.
NTSB investigation
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