# Incident 20181206024869I: Boeing 737-7H4, Burbank, CA, December 6, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 2018, 09:05 local time
- Place: Burbank, CA
- Airport: Burbank
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 34.2006° N, 118.3586° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2006&lon=-118.3586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N752SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N752SW-2024-10-04) (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: 117
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 11,253 total, 11,253 in this make and model, 242 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA19IA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA19IA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181206024869I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 6, 2018, AT APPROXIMATELY  0905 PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, N752SW, A SOUTHWEST AIRLINES BOEING 737 OPERATING AS FLIGHT 278, OVERRAN RUNWAY 08 WHILE LANDING AT THE BOB HOPE AIRPORT (KBUR), BURBANK, CALIFORNIA.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN THE ENGINEERED MATERIALS ARRESTING SYSTEM (EMAS) AT THE DEPARTURE END OF  RUNWAY 8. NONE OF THE 117 PASSENGERS AND CREW ONBOARD WERE INJURED AND THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PASSENGER FLIGHT

WAS OPERATING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 121 AND WAS FLYING FROM METROPOLITAN

OAKLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KOAK), OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA TO KBUR.

## 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 DCA19IA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA19IA036), Dec 6, 2018: Boeing 737 (N752SW), Burbank, CA, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: (1) The flight crewmembers’ decision, due to plan continuation bias, to continue the approach despite indications of windshear and a higher-than-expected tailwind and (2) the flight crew’s…

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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