# Incident 20140722011389I: Boeing 737-3H4, Columbus, OH, July 22, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2014, 23:32 local time
- Place: Columbus, OH
- Airport: Columbus Int'L
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 39.9633° N, 83.0608° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLUMBUS (OH52), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9633&lon=-83.0608&mi=10
- Aircraft: N621SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N621SW-2019-01-07) (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 737-3H4
- Reported engine: CFM INTL. CFM56 SERIES
- People aboard: 54
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 13,608 total, 13,608 in this make and model, 141 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140722011389I

## Narrative

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

THE FSDO MANAGER RECEIVED A CALL 7/23/14 AT 0030 EASTERN FROM THE GL ROC, STATING THAT A SOUTHWEST B-737-384, N-621SW, SER# 28037 ENROUTE FROM BWI TO MDW DIVERTED TO CMH FOR A FORWARD CARGO PIT, FIRE DETECT LIGHT. THE FIREX BOTTLES WERE DISCHARGED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT 2332 7/22/14 EASTERN AND UPON EXITING THE HIGHSPEED TAXIWAY, STOPPED AND DEPLOYED THE L1 AND L2 DOOR ESCAPE SLIDES (NO OVER-WING SLIDE ACTIVATED BY CREW), WHEREAS 49 PAX AND 5 CREW EXITED THE AIRCRAFT VIA THE EMERGENCY SLIDES. THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES. THE AIRPORT AFFF AND POLICE WERE AT THE SCENE IMMEDIATELY AND REPORTED THAT THE EVACUATION WAS SMOOTH AND ORDERLY AND THAT THE CREW WAS OBSERVED TO HAVE DONE A SUPERLATIVE JOB. ALL BAGGAGE WAS REMOVED FROM BOTH FORWARD AND AFT CARGO COMPARTMENTS, AND WAS INSPECTED FOR FIRE DAMAGE OR POSSIBLE SOURCE OF FIRE. NONE REPORTED. THE FORWARD BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT ONLY HAD 3 BAGS AND ONE GOLF BAG IN THE HOLD AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. ALL OTHER BAGGAGE WAS IN AFT CARGO COMPARTMENT.  A BRIEF VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE FORWARD CARGO COMPARTMENT BY THE IIC, AFFF AND CONTRACT MX PERSONNEL INDICATED NO SIGN OF FIRE, SMOKE OR APPARENT AIRCRAFT DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N621SW (2)

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

- [Incident 20111227029359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111227029359I), Dec 27, 2011: Boeing 737-3H4 (N621SW), Sacramento, CA, Minor damage. Southwest airlines flight 2287, a Boeing 737 aircraft, attempted to depart the Sacramento international airport at approximately 1813 hrs on December 27, 2011.…
- [Incident 20020607012949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020607012949I), Jun 7, 2002: Boeing 7373H4 (N621SW), Nashville, TN, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft had just departed bna and was climbing through 11,000 feet when it experienced severe inflight vibration. The PIC declared an emergency. 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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