Southwest B738 at Oakland on Mar 17th 2021, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: March 26, 2021 / 21:40:10 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 17, 2021

Classification
Incident

Flight number
WN-1581

Aircraft Registration
N8557Q

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration N8557Q performing flight WN-1581 from Oakland,CA to Phoenix,AZ (USA) with 180 people on board, was climbing out of Oakland's runway 30 when the crew stopped the climb at FL180 reporting the engine #1 was giving them some failure indication, they were still investigating. The crew requested a visual approach to runway 30, needed a delay vector already on final approach and made a 360 before continuing the final. The aircraft landed safely on runway 30 about 30 minutes after departure. The aircraft vacated the runway and taxied to the apron.

A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration N8313F reached Phoenix with a delay of about 3 hours.

The occurrence aircraft returned to service about 19.5 hours after landing back.
Aircraft Registration Data
Registration mark
N8557Q
Country of Registration
United States
Date of Registration
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Manufacturer
BOEING
Aircraft Model / Type
737-800
Number of Seats
ICAO Aircraft Type
B738
Year of Manufacture
Serial Number
Aircraft Address / Mode S Code (HEX)
Engine Count
Engine Manufacturer
Engine Model
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Engine Type
Pounds of Thrust
Main Owner
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 17, 2021

Classification
Incident

Flight number
WN-1581

Aircraft Registration
N8557Q

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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