# Incident 20071117832019I: Boeing 7373A4, Dallas, TX, November 17, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 17, 2007, 15:22 local time
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: Dallas Love Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 33.1911° N, 95.9783° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1911&lon=-95.9783&mi=10
- Aircraft: N676SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N676SW-2017-10-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-3A4 (registry code 138447H, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-3a4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7373A4
- Reported engine: GE CFM563B1
- People aboard: 138
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 21,500 total, 15,540 in this make and model, 157 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ENG08IA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG08IA002) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071117832019I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 17, 2007, AN SWA B737-300, EXPERIENCED AN IN-FLIGHT FAILURE OF THE NO.2 ENGINE WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH FL250 ENROUTE FROM KDAL TO KLIT. THE CREW REPORTED FEELING A SEVERE VIBRATION IN THE NO.2 ENGINE. THEY SECURED THE ENGINE AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL SINGLE-ENGINE LANDING BACK AT KDAL. AN INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED A MISSING SPINNER, TORN AND BROKEN FAN BLADES, AND A LARGE HOLE IN THE OUTBOARD SECTION OF THE INLET COWL. THERE WERE ALSO NUMEROUS DENTS, DINGS, AND SCRATCHES ALONG THE FUSELAGE AND RIGHT WING BUT THERE WERE NO PENETRATIONS.

## 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 ENG08IA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG08IA002), Nov 17, 2007: Boeing 737-300 (N676SW), Greenville, TX, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to the No. 2 engine experiencing a release of its fan spinner through the fan cowl as a result of an unidentified object striking the spinner, separating it from the…

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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