ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 370506
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| Date: | Sunday 4 March 2001 |
| Time: | 22:30 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-3H4 |
| Owner/operator: | Southwest Airlines |
| Registration: | N335SW |
| MSN: | 23939/1553 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1988 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 42673 hours |
| Engine model: | General Electric CFM-56 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 119 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Phoenix, AZ -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX/KLAX) |
| Phoenix-Sky Harbor International Airport, AZ (PHX/KPHX) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight was cleared for the approach to runway 7 and the Captain briefed the First Officer for the approach. After getting their gate assignment, the crew requested, and was cleared for, the approach to runway 8. No briefing was conducted for the approach to runway 8, nor was there any discussion about runway length or that runway 8 was a visual runway and would not have lighting and markings associated with an instrument runway. The target airspeed was 135 knots, and the last airspeed callout was 137 knots. The flight data recorder indicated that the approach speed was 137.5 knots. According to information on the Flight Data Recorder, the airplane touched down approximately 2,000 feet past the approach end of the 6,000 foot long runway. Upon landing, the captain deployed the thrust reversers and applied the wheel brakes. When he noticing the end of the runway approaching faster than anticipated, he applied maximum braking and reverse thrust. The aircraft rolled beyond the end of the pavement and came to rest within one airplane length of the departure end of the runway with the empennage over the end of the runway.
Probable Cause: the pilot's misjudgment of distance, which resulted in a runway overrun. A factor in the incident was the failure of the flightcrew to conduct a briefing for the approach to runway eight.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX01IA109
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 25-Mar-2024 11:26 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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