# Incident 20190225024179I: Boeing 737-7H4, Hartford, CT, February 25, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 2019, 18:00 local time
- Place: Hartford, CT
- Airport: Bradley International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 41.9390° N, 72.6843° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRADLEY INTL (BDL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9390&lon=-72.6843&mi=10
- Aircraft: N759GS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N759GS-2019-09-27) (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: 148
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 13,393 total, 13,393 in this make and model, 220 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190225024179I

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 25, 2019 AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION N759GS, A BOEING 737-700 WAS SCHEDULED TO OPERATE ON SOUTHWEST AIRLINES (SWA) FLIGHT 2169 FROM MCCOY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KMCO), ORLANDO, FLORIDA TO HARTFORD-BRADLEY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KBDL), HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT. SWA2169 WAS TOLD BY BDL APPROACH CONTROL (BDL) TO EXPECT RUNWAY 33. SWA2169 REQUESTED RUNWAY 24 AND WAS GIVEN VECTORS TO RUNWAY 24. THE AIRPLANE EXECUTED AN APPROACH TO RUNWAY 24 AND A MISSED APPROACH AT 13 FEET AGL DUE TO WINDSHEAR CONDITIONS AND A WINDSHEAR WARNING IN THE COCKPIT. PARTS OF THE AIRCRAFT WINGS IMPACTED THE RUNWAY, RIGHT WING FIRST FOLLOWED BY THE LEFT WING. THE MISSED APPROACH WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED AND THE PILOTS THEN FLEW TWO MORE APPROACHES TO THE SAME AIRPORT TO RUNWAY 33 THAT ALSO RESULTED IN MISSED APPROACHES. THE FLIGHT THEN DIVERTED TO KPVD, THEODORE FRANCIS GREEN STATE AIRPORT AT PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND AND LANDED. THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATED BY SOUTHWEST AIRLINES, CO. UNDER TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 121 FROM KMCO ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ORLANDO, FL. THERE WERE NO SERIOUS INJURIES TO THE 146 PASSENGER ALTHOUGH ONE PASSENGER NEEDED ASSISTANCE AT KPVD AND NUMEROUS PASSENGERS WERE ILL FROM MOTION SICKNESS. THERE WERE FIVE WORKING CREW MEMBERS ON THE FLIGHT. THE PILOTS WERE NOT AWARE THAT THE WINGS HAD BEEN DAMAGED UNTIL THEY ARRIVED AT KPVD AND WERE INFORMED BY A FLIGHT ATTENDANT OF SUSPECTED DAMAGE.

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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