# Accident 20251219020629A: Boeing 737-8H4, San Antonio, TX, December 19, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 2025, 09:30 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: San Antonio International Airp
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 29.5340° N, 98.4691° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN ANTONIO INTL (SAT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5340&lon=-98.4691&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8317M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8317M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-8H4 (registry code 138440A, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-8h4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56-7B27E series (registry code 13078, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-7b27e-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-8H4
- Reported engine: CFM INTL CFM56-7B27E
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251219020629A

## Narrative

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

POST FLIGHT, THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT (FA) IN THE “C” POSITION SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE INJURY TO THE MIDDLE FINGER OF THE LEFT HAND WHILE REMOVING TRASH FROM A SEATBACK POCKET. THE INJURY OCCURRED WHEN THE FA WAS ACCIDENTALLY POKED BY A PAIR OF TWEEZERS, CAUSING SWELLING THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL EVALUATION. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT SOUGHT MEDICAL HELP AND WAS

ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL, WHERE THE WOUND DEVELOPED A SEVERE INFECTION IDENTIFIED AS A FLESH-EATING BACTERIUM. THE FA UNDERWENT SURGERY TO REMOVE INFECTED TISSUE AND WAS HOSPITALIZED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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