# Accident 20090713024309A: Boeing 7373H4, Charleston, WV, July 13, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 2009, 18:07 local time
- Place: Charleston, WV
- Airport: Yeager
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 38.3731° N, 81.5931° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3731&lon=-81.5931&mi=10
- Aircraft: N387SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N387SW-2022-07-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-3H4 (registry code 138447K, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-3h4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7373H4
- People aboard: 133
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,832 total, 16,832 in this make and model, 211 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA09FA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA09FA065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090713024309A

## Narrative

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

CHARLESTON AIRPORT, WV (CRW): SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 2294, A B737, ENROUTE FROM NASHVILLE, TN (BNA) TO BALTIMORE, MD (BWI) DIVERTED AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 5 DUE TO A HOLE IN THE FUSELAGE AND A PRESSURIZATION PROBLEM INBOUND.  THE ARFF RESPONDED AND THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT INCIDENT.  THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES TO THE 5 CREWMEMBERS AND 128 PAX ONBOARD.  DAMAGE LOCATED ON FUSELAGE CROWN SKIN JUST LEFT OF AIRCRAFT CENTERLINE BETWEEN FS 827 AND FS 847.

## 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 DCA09FA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA09FA065), Jul 13, 2009: Boeing 737 (N387SW), Charleston, WV, substantial damage. Probable cause: Fuselage skin failure due to preexisting fatigue at a chemically milled step.

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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