# NTSB FTW83IA094: Boeing B-737-200, N68SW, Lubbock, TX, January 20, 1983

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: January 20, 1983, 15:27 local (21:27 UTC)
- Place: Lubbock, TX
- Location: 33.5779° N, 101.8552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lubbock, TX, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5779&lon=-101.8552&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 73 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 20775
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW83IA094
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/20775/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83IA094

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, taxi - to takeoff
  - airport facilities,taxiway condition - icy (cause)
  - airport snow removal - inadequate, airport personnel (cause)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68SW-2006-03-03), registration cancelled 2006-03-03, S/N 22357, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING B-737-200
- Registry model: [Boeing 737-2H4](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-2h4) (registry code 138448C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (registry code 52048, turbo-jet) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 22357
- Engines: NONE NONE turbo jet
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 121
- Registered owner: Southwest Airlines Co.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Flight plan: IFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19830120021189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830120021189I), Jan 20, 1983: Boeing 737200, Lubbock, TX. Taxing for takeoff aircraft slid off taxiway. Passengers deplaned by portable stairs. Taxiway not sanded.

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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