# Accident 20160827021249A: Boeing 737-7H4, Pascagoula, MS, August 27, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 2016, 09:20 local time
- Place: Pascagoula, MS
- Airport: Pensacola
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 30.4733° N, 87.1867° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4733&lon=-87.1867&mi=10
- Aircraft: N766SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N766SW-2020-01-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-7H4 (registry code 1384404, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-7h4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-7H4
- Reported engine: CFM INTL. CFM56 SERIES
- People aboard: 104
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA16FA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16FA217) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160827021249A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 27, 2016, AT APPROXIMATELY 0920 LOCAL, SOUTHWEST FLIGHT 3472 DEPARTED LOUIS ARMSTRONG NEW ORLEANS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, LA. ENROUTE TO ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WITH 99 PASSENGERS ONBOARD. WHILE CRUISING AT FL390, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED AN UNCONTAINED ENGINE FAILURE RESULTING IN THE NUMBER 1 ENGINE INLET COWL DISINTEGRATING.  ENGINE DEBRIS PENETRATED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE CAUSING LOSS OF PRESSURIZATION AND SUBSEQUENT DEPLOYMENT OF THE OXYGEN MASK.  THE 5 FLIGHTCREW AND 99 PASSENGERS EXPERIENCED CONTINUOUS AIRCRAFT VIBRATIONS THROUGHOUT THE DESCENT.

THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND MADE AN EMERGENCY DESCENT INTO PENSACOLA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FOLLOWED BY AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. THERE ARE NO REPORTED INJURIES AT THIS TIME. AIRCRAFT IS A B737-700 REGISTERED AS N766SW.

## 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 DCA16FA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16FA217), Aug 27, 2016: Boeing 737-700 (N766SW), Pensacola, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A low-cycle fatigue crack in the dovetail of fan blade No. 23, which resulted in the fan blade separating in flight and impacting the fan case. This impact caused the fan blade to fracture into…

## Other reports on N766SW (1)

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

- [Incident 20010523008789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010523008789I), May 23, 2001: Boeing 7377H4 (N766SW), Raleigh-Durham, NC, Minor damage. (-23)Sometime during the night, an unmanned, uncontrolled us airways lavatory truck rolled across taxiways "g" and "h" and struck a parked southwest airlines…

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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