Aircraft Accident Report: Runway Overrun and Collision, Southwest Airlines Flight 1248, Boeing 737-7H4, N471WN Chicago Midway International Airport, Chicago, Illinois, December 8, 2005
This report explains the accident involving a Boeing 737-7H4, N471WN, operated by Southwest Airlines (SWA), which departed the end of runway 31C after landing at Chicago Midway International Airport. The safety issues discussed in this report include the flight crew’s decisions and actions, the clarity of assumptions used in on board performance computers, SWA policies, guidance, and training, arrival landing distance assessments and safety margins, runway surface condition assessments and braking action reports, airplane-based friction measurements, and runway safety areas. Safety recommendations concerning these issues are addressed to the Federal Aviation Administration.
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Corporate Authors:
National Transportation Safety Board
490 L'Enfant Plaza, SW
Washington, DC United States 20594 - Publication Date: 2007-10-2
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Features: Appendices; Figures;
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Air transportation crashes; Airport runways; Aviation safety; Braking; Crash investigation; Decision making; Distance; Flight crews; Friction; Landing; Measurement; Performance; Policy; Surface course (Pavements); Training
- Identifier Terms: Chicago Midway International Airport; Southwest Airlines
- Uncontrolled Terms: Onboard computers; Pavement conditions
- Geographic Terms: Chicago (Illinois)
- Subject Areas: Aviation; Education and Training; Pavements; Policy; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01080582
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: NTSB/AAR-07/06, Notation 7753F
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Nov 14 2007 11:59AM