| Estado: | Final |
| Fecha: | miércoles 27 marzo 2019 |
| Hora: | 19:25 |
| Tipo: |  Boeing 737-7H4 (WL) |
| Operador: | Southwest Airlines |
| Registración: | N249WN |
| Numéro de série: | 34951/2005 |
| Año de Construcción: | 2006-07-17 (12 years 9 months) |
| Horas Totales de la Célula: | 44455 |
| Motores: | 2 CFMI CFM56-7B24 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Considerable |
| Consecuencias: | Repaired |
| Ubicación: | cerca Nashville International Airport, TN (BNA) ( Estados Unidos de América)
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| Fase: | Aproximación (APR) |
| Naturaleza: | Vuelo Doméstico Programado |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Pittsburgh-Greater Pittsburgh International Airport, PA (PIT/KPIT), Estados Unidos de América |
| Nashville International Airport, TN (BNA/KBNA), Estados Unidos de América | |
| Número de Vuelo: | WN975 |
Southwest Airlines flight 975 struck a bird with the left horizontal stabilizer while descending through 2,500 feet on approach to the Nashville International Airport, Tennessee, USA. The airplane landed with no further incident. There were no injuries and the airplane was substantial damaged.
Damage to the airplane included a 12 inch crack in the forward spar, requiring replacement of the horizontal stabilizer. Bird residue was identified as a Great Blue Heron.
Probable Cause:
Probable cause: a collision with a bird.
Accident investigation:
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Pittsburgh-Greater Pittsburgh International Airport, PA to Nashville International Airport, TN as the crow flies is 738 km (461 miles).
Distance from Pittsburgh-Greater Pittsburgh International Airport, PA to Nashville International Airport, TN as the crow flies is 738 km (461 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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