- Date
- October 16, 2012, 18:30 local (Oct 17, 2012, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 85 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N625SWBoeing 737-3H4
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Cabin safety event
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 22, 2013
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Case key
- 85360
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Probable cause
The flight attendant's encounter with an unseen obstruction in the aisle, which resulted in a fall.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
Southwest Airlines personnel reported that, during cruise flight between Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Las Vegas, Nevada, a flight attendant who was conducting beverage service tripped over a passenger's leg that was protruding into the aisle. The flight attendant fell and felt pain in her left knee and foot. She did not resume her flight attendant duties during the flight. After landing she went to a local hospital, where medical personnel determined that she had a fractured metatarsal in her left foot. There were no mechanical difficulties or anomalies with the airplane during the flight, and the event was not related to turbulence.
Factual narrative
Southwest Airlines reported that during a flight from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Las Vegas, Nevada, while at cruise, a flight attendant that was conducting beverage service tripped over a passenger's leg that was protruding into the isle. The flight attendant fell and felt pain in her knee and foot. She did not resume her duties during the flight. After landing she self reported to a local hospital where it was determined that she had a metatarsal fractured in her left foot. There were no mechanical difficulties or anomalies with the airplane during the flight and the event was not related to turbulence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N625SW
- Reported as
- Boeing 737-3H4
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27701
- Airframe hours
- 53,645
- Engines
- Ge/Cfm CFM56 SERIES, 22,000 lbs thrust, turbo fanGe/Cfm CFM56 SERIES, 22,000 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Southwest Airlines
- Registered owner
- US Bank Na Trustee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · October 14, 2012
- Departed
- KOKC · Oklahoma City, OK
- Destination
- KLAS · Las Vegas, NV
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- KLAS · Las Vegas
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 58
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 12, 2012
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 20,600 total · 5,000 in this make and model
- Role
- Co-pilot
- Age
- 51
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Military
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 12, 2012
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 6,250 total · 1,400 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.73 inHg
- Observed at
- KLAS
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 14, 2012, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 910 KB in all.