# Accident 20110330030419A: Boeing 737-301, Laredo, TX, March 30, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 2011, 21:00 local time
- Place: Laredo, TX
- Airport: Laredo
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: NACA
- Location: 39.7446° N, 84.1985° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7446&lon=-84.1985&mi=10
- Aircraft: N360WA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N360WA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-301 (registry code 138447R, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56-3 series (registry code 13062, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-3-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-301
- Reported engine: CFM INTL CFM56-3
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 4,300 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC11LA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC11LA022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110330030419A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 30, 2011, ABOUT 2330 ZULU, A BOEING 737-300 AIRPLANE, N360WA, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURAL DAMAGE DURING TAKEOFF AND CLIMB OUT FROM THE JAMES COX DAYTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.  THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED AS FLIGHT 360WA, BY NORTHERN AIR CARGO INC, WITH THEIR HEADQUARTERS BEING LOCATED IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA. THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATED AS AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) NON-SCHEDULED DOMESTIC CARGO REPOSITIONING FLIGHT UNDER TITLE 14, CFR PART 91, WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE THREE FLIGHT CREW MEMBERS WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED DAYTON ABOUT 2330Z, AND WAS BOUND FOR LAREDO, TEXAS. THE ACCIDENT FLIGHT ARRIVED LAREDO, TX AT 0250Z, WHEREUPON THE DAMAGE WAS DISCOVERED BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL PRIOR TO ACCEPTING THE AIRCRAFT FOR A NON-SCHEDULED DOMESTIC CARGO FLIGHT UNDER TITLE 14, CFR PART 121. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FOUND A PENETRATING GOUGE IN THE RIGHT LOWER PORTION OF THE GILL LINER INTERIOR WALL PANEL NEAR THE RIGHT REAR DOOR (2R). FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED THAT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT HAND BULKHEAD STATION 927. THE DAMAGE WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE SIZE AND SHAPE OF THE UNSECURED PALLET JACK FOUND IN THE SAME COMPARTMENT THAT IS USED TO MOVE OBJECTS INTERNALLY ON THE AIRCRAFT CARGO DECK.

## 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 ANC11LA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC11LA022), Mar 30, 2011: Boeing 737-301 (N360WA), Dayton, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flightcrew's inadequate preflight inspection, resulting in in-flight structural damage to the airplane's fuselage from an unsecured pallet jack that was located in the airplane's empty cargo hold.

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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