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 crews decisions and actions, the clarity of assumptions used in onboard 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.
Runway Overrun and Collision, Southwest Airlines Flight 1248, Boeing 737-7H4, N471WN, Chicago Midway International Airport, Chicago, Illinois, December 8, 2005
2007
248 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Air Transportation , Transportation Safety , Aeronautics , Aircraft accidents , Accident investigations , Collisions , NTSB , Illinois , Fatalities , Boeing 737 aircraft , Runways , Aircraft landing , Brakes(Motion arrestors) , Automobiles , Children , Thrust reversers , Runway overruns , Chicago(Illinois) , NTSB/AAR-07/06 , Chicago Midway International Airport , Southwest Airlines flight 1248
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