# Accident 20100213036019A: Boeing 737-7H4, Santa Clartia, CA, February 13, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 13, 2010, 12:46 local time
- Place: Santa Clartia, CA
- Airport: Bob Hope Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 34.4639° N, 118.5136° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4639&lon=-118.5136&mi=10
- Aircraft: N221WN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N221WN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-7H4 (registry code 1384404, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-7h4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CFM56 series (registry code 30016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-7H4
- Reported engine: GE CFM56 SERIES
- People aboard: 88
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 7,329 total, 7,329 in this make and model, 213 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA134) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100213036019A

## Narrative

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

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 2534 WAS ON THE LYNXX 8 ARRIVAL TO BUR. ATC VECTORED THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE LYNXX 8 ARRIVAL. ATC INSTRUCTED THE AIRCRAFT TO TURN LEFT TO A HEADING OF 190 AND DESCEND TO 6000 FEET. THE CREW READ BACK THE THE HEADING OF 190 AND DECSENT TO 6000 FEET. ACCORDING TO THE FLIGHT CREW STATEMENTS, THE CAPTAIN ENTERED A HEADING OF 190 AND THE ALTITUDE OF 6000 INTO THE MODE CONTROL PANEL (MCP). HE THEN SELECTED HEADING AND VNAV MODE ON THE MCP. THE FIRST OFFICER STATED HE CONFIRMED THE HEADING AND ALTITUDE SETTINGS IN THE MCP. THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO TURN LEFT AND STARTED TO DESCEND TO 6000 FEET. THE TCAS SYSTEM ISSUED A TRAFFIC ADVISORY TO THE CREW. ATC ALSO ADVISED THE CREW OF VFR TRAFFIC AT 6100 FEET AND 5 MILES. ATC ALSO ISSUED A TRAFFIC ADVISORY AT ONE MILE TO THE AIRCRAFT. AT THIS POINT, THE TCAS SYSTEM GAVE THE CREW A TRAFFIC ADVISORY WITH A RESOLUTION ALERT (RA) AT APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE. THE CAPTAIN FOLLOWED THE RA AND ADVISED ATC THEY HAD A RA. THE TCAS SYSTEM COMMANDED A DESCENT THEN COMMANDED A CLIMB. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLIMBING THE CREW REPORTED TRAFFIC IN SIGHT AND THAT THE TRAFFIC WAS NOT A FACTOR. ATC NOTIFIED THE CREW THEY WERE ON A 160 HEADING INSTEAD OF  THE ASSIGNED 190 HEADING. THE FIRST OFFICER STATED THE HEADING SELECTED ON THE MCP WAS SHOWNING 163 AND HE DID NOT KNOW HOW OR WHEN THE HEADING SELECTED WAS CHANGED.  THE THREE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WERE STATIONED IN THE AFT GALLEY PREPARING THE CABIN FOR LANDING WHEN THE CREW RECEIVED THE RA. TWO OF THE THREE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WERE INJURED, ONE RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES. BOTH FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WERE TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL AFTER LANDING AND WERE RELEASED.

## 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 WPR10LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA134), Feb 13, 2010: Boeing 737-7H4 (N221WN), Santa Clarita, CA, no damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s abrupt airplane pitch change maneuver. Contributing to the accident was the flight crew’s failure to maintain the heading specified by the air traffic controller, which would have avoided…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.