Boeing 737-301 N360WA

Summary

On 30 March 2011 at about 22:30 local time, a Boeing 737-301 registered N360WA, operated by Northern Air Cargo Inc, was involved in an accident near Dayton, Ohio, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

30 March 2011 at 22:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Dayton, Ohio, United States

Coordinates

39.7446, -84.1985

Aircraft

Boeing 737-301

Registration

N360WA

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Northern Air Cargo Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Dayton → Laredo

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC11LA022

Nobody was injured.

The flightcrew's inadequate preflight inspection, resulting in in-flight structural damage to the airplane's fuselage from an unsecured pallet jack that was located in the airplane's empty cargo hold.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The cargo airplane departed on a positioning flight with an unsecured pallet jack in the empty cargo hold. During the flight, the pallet jack moved and damaged a fuselage structural frame. The flightcrew reported that they both looked in the cargo hold prior to the flight, but did not check the security of the pallet jack.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.