Accident · 2000-03-05

NTSB case DCA00MA030 · Boeing 737-300 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 2000-03-05
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Serious injury
Aircraft: Boeing 737-300 (N668SW)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: SOUTHWEST AIRLINES, CO. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO

Probable cause

the flight crew's excessive airspeed and flightpath angle during the approach and landing and its failure to abort the approach when stabilized approach criteria were not met. Contributing to the accident was the controller's positioning of the airplane in such a manner as to leave no safe options for the flight crew other than a go-around maneuver.

Source: NTSB case DCA00MA030

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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