Boeing 737 N734SA

Summary

On 11 October 2018 at about 18:00 local time, a Boeing 737 registered N734SA, operated by Southwest Airlines Co, was involved in an accident near San Jose, California, United States. 122 people were on board and one was seriously injured. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

11 October 2018 at 18:00

Classification

Accident

Location

San Jose, California, United States

Coordinates

37.3333, -121.9000

Aircraft

Boeing 737

Registration

N734SA

Category

Airplane

Year built

1999

Engines

2

Operator

Southwest Airlines Co

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Santa Ana → San Jose

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DCA19CA006

1 person was seriously injured.

A passenger falling while returning to her seat which resulted in a serious injury.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

On October 11, 2018, about 1100 pacific daylight time, Southwest Airlines flight 2134, a Boeing B737-700, N734SA, was on final decent into Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (KSJC), San Jose, California, when a passenger fell returning to her seat.  Of the 122 passengers and crew onboard, one passenger received serious injuries.  The regularly scheduled domestic passenger flight was operating under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121 from John Wayne Airport (KSNA), Santa Ana, California, to KSJC.  According to the flight attendants, as they were completing their final walkthrough of the cabin, a passenger exited the lavatory and tripped as she was returning to her seat. The seatbelt sign was illuminated, and the airplane was below 10,000 feet. The passenger immediately complained of hip pain and a flight attendant remained on the floor with the injured passenger for landing. Emergency medical personnel met the airplane at the gate and transported the passenger to a local hospital where she was diagnosed with a fractured left hip. 

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.