# Incident 20251018014189I: Boeing 737-401, Fort Myers, FL, October 18, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 2025, 13:58 local time
- Place: Fort Myers, FL
- Airport: Southwest Florida International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: 4TXA
- Location: 26.5362° N, 81.7552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INTL (RSW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5362&lon=-81.7552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N804TJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N804TJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-401 (registry code 138449B, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-401) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-401
- Reported engine: CFM INTL. CFM56 SERIES
- People aboard: 60
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 6,982 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251018014189I

## Narrative

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

THE CREW MADE A NORMAL APPROACH AND TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 6 AT RSW.  WHEN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TOUCHED DOWN, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN AN UNCOMMANDED TURN TO THE LEFT.  ATTEMPTS TO ARREST THE TURN USING DIFFERENTIAL BRAKING AND TILLER INPUT WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.  THE AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, THROUGH A GRASSY AREA, AND CAME TO REST ON TAXIWAY A5.  THERE WAS NO FIRE, AND THE CREW ELECTED TO NOT PERFORM AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION.

THE FAA IIC DID NOT TRAVEL TO THE SCENE DUE TO THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.  HOWEVER, AN AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTOR FROM THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH CMO WHO LIVES NEARBY DID VISIT THE SCENE AND PERFORMED PORTIONS OF THE INVESTIGATION.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.