- Date
- January 20, 1983, 15:27 local (21:27 UTC)
- Place
- Lubbock, TX
- Injuries
- 73 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N68SWBoeing B-737-200
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830120021189I
- Case key
- 20775
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Airport facilities,taxiway condition - icyCause
Airport snow removal - inadequateCause
Judgment - poorCause
Analysis
During taxi to takeoff the acft slid off the taxiway into the snow and became stuck. The taxiway was covered with snow &ice.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68SW
- Reported as
- Boeing B-737-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22357
- Engine
- None NONE, turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- Southwest Airlines Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Flight plan
- IFR
N68SWRegistration cancelled Mar 3, 2006 · Boeing 737-2H4Airframe modelBoeing 737-2H4Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 11,000 total · 4,000 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 11 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 100 ft
- Temperature
- 27 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LBB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.