Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 30 November 1991
Aircraft Type: Boeing 737-2H4 Adv.
Owner/operator: Southwest Airlines
Registration Number: N73SW
Location: Lubbock International Airport, TX (LBB) –
ÿ United States of America
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Substantial, repaired
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 107
Component Affected: Aircraft components including radome, windshield, fairings, wing roots, and Krueger flaps.Aircraft components including radome, windshield, fairings, wing roots, and Krueger flaps.
Investigating Agency: NTSBNTSB
Category: Accident
An aircraft collided with a flock of Canadian geese during final approach, resulting in damage to the aircraft’s radome, windshield, fairings, wing roots, and Krueger flaps. The pilots were unable to identify the geese before impact, and the co-pilot took over control, leading to a safe landing.An aircraft collided with a flock of Canadian geese during final approach, resulting in damage to the aircraft’s radome, windshield, fairings, wing roots, and Krueger flaps. The pilots were unable to identify the geese before impact, and the co-pilot took over control, leading to a safe landing.
Description
During final approach the aircraft collided with a flock of Canadian geese. One goose penetrated the pressure bulkhead through the radome. Another splattered debris over the pilot’s windshield, and others damaged fairings, wing roots, and krueger flaps. The crew did not see the geese before impact. The co-pilot took over the controls from the pilot and landed the aircraft safely. The in flight collision with geese. A factor was the dark night.
Primary Cause
Dark night conditions likely contributed to reduced visibility and impaired situational awareness.Dark night conditions likely contributed to reduced visibility and impaired situational awareness.Share on:
