Plane Crash List

Boeing 737-300 N314SW

17 March 1987 · Midland, Texas, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 17 March 1987 at about 00:00 local time, a Boeing 737-300 registered N314SW was involved in an accident near Midland, Texas, United States. 59 people were on board and one was seriously injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 00:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Midland, Texas, United States
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Boeing 737-300
Registration
N314SW
Category
Airplane
Engines
2
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 121: Air Carrier
Purpose of flight
Unknown
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Dallas → Midland
Aircraft damage
Not recorded
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
FTW87LA082

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
59 0 1 0 58

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

WHILE PENETRATING A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AT 35,000 EN ROUTE TO MIDLAND, TX, FROM DALLAS, TX, SEVERE TURBULENCE WAS ENCOUNTERED. ONE FLIGHT ATTENDANT HAD JUST SAT DOWN BUT HAD NOT FASTENED HIS SEAT BELT AND WAS THROWN TO THE FLOOR SUSTAINING SERIOUS INJURIES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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