# NTSB DCA19CA168: Boeing 737-8H4, N8608N, Pittsburgh, PA, June 17, 2019

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report
- Date: June 17, 2019, 10:20 local (14:20 UTC)
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Coordinates: 40.49139, -80.23278
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4914&lon=-80.2328&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Prior to flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/100) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Prior to flight: Ground handling event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/080)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 180 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- NTSB case key (mKey): 99650
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA19CA168
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/99650/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=99650
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA19CA168

## Probable cause

a provisioning truck that impacted the airplane resulting in substantial damage.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Impairment/incapacitation: other loss of consciousness](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02012055): Personnel issues › Physical · Ground crew (probable cause); cases with it: [Boeing 737-8H4, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02012055/cases.md?model=138440A), [All aircraft, 21 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02012055/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Prior to flight: Ground handling event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/080) (defining event); cases with it: [Boeing 737-8H4, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/080/sequence.md?model=138440A), [All aircraft, 108 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/080/sequence.md)

## Analysis

On June 17, 2019, about 1020 eastern daylight time, Southwest Airlines flight 157, a Boeing 737-8H4, N8608N, was struck by a provisioning truck while loaded and ready for pushback at Pittsburgh International Airport (KPIT), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. There were no injuries to the crew or passengers on board. The airplane received substantial damage. The regularly scheduled domestic passenger flight was operating under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121 from KPIT to Denver International Airport (KDEN), Denver, Colorado. According to witnesses, the driver of the provisioning truck was unconscious when the truck impacted the airplane. The airplane received substantial damage to the left fuselage and internal structure.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8608N](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8608N), registered now, S/N 36638, built 2013 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-8H4 (No Series)
- Registry model: [Boeing 737-8H4](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-8h4) (registry code 138440A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [CFM International CFM56-7B27E series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-7b27e-series) (registry code 13078, turbo-fan) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 36638
- Year built: 2013
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 121
- Operator: Southwest Airlines
- Registered owner: Southwest Airlines Co
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: KPIT, Pittsburgh, PA
- Destination: KDEN, Denver, CA
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: KPIT, Pittsburgh International

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 25, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=99650. 2.0 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 2.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=10996900&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=SWA%20157%206120_1%20-%20DCA19CA168_Redacted-Rel.pdf

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.

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