# Incident 20090908018689I: Boeing 7373G7, Los Angeles, CA, September 8, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 2009, 11:54 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Los Angeles International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 33.9425° N, 118.4072° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9425&lon=-118.4072&mi=10
- Aircraft: N670SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N670SW-2022-01-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-3G7 (registry code 138447J, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-3g7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7373G7
- People aboard: 142
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 19,642 total, 13,274 in this make and model, 225 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ENG09IA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG09IA014) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090908018689I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2009, APPROXIMATELY 1154 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A BOEING 737-300, N670SW, OPERATED BY SOUTHWEST AIRLINES AS FLIGHT 341, EXPERIENCED A FRACTURE OF THE INBOARD AXLE ON THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR (RMLG) DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 24R AT LOS ANGLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (LAX).  THE RMLG INBOARD WHEEL AND BRAKE ASSEMBLY SEPARTATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS RECOVERED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RUNWAY NEAR THE 4,000 FEET REMAINING MARKER.  THE AIRPLANE WAS TAXIED OFF THE RUNWAY TO TAXIWAY Y WHERE THE PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED BY AIRSTAIRS ONTO WAITING BUSES.  THE PILOT, FIRST OFFICER, 3 FLIGHT ATTENDANTS, 2 JUMPSEATERS, AND 137 PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (FR) FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 121 SCHEDULED, DOMESTIC PASSENGER FLIGHT.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT MCCARRAN INTERNATION AIRPORT, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, ABOUT 1115 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME.

## 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 ENG09IA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG09IA014), Sep 8, 2009: Boeing 737 (N670SW), Los Angeles, CA, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The failure of the right main landing gear inboard axle due to fatigue cracking as a result of fretting damage in one of the brake mounting bolt holes.

## Other reports on N670SW (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19990902034739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990902034739I), Sep 2, 1999: Boeing 7373G7 (N670SW), Ontario, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft N670SW departed burbank, CA at approx. 1400, sept. 2, 1999 (flt no. 0253). Following rotation of aircraft, flight crew was advised by burbank…

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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