Southwest B38M at Phoenix on Feb 24th 2023, no autopilot trim

Last Update: March 1, 2023 / 20:15:17 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 24, 2023

Classification
Incident

Airline
Southwest Airlines

Flight number
WN-971

Departure
Phoenix, United States

Destination
Houston Hobby, United States

Aircraft Registration
N8844Q

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800MAX

ICAO Type Designator
B38M

A Southwest Boeing 737-8 MAX, registration N8844Q performing flight WN-971 from Phoenix,AZ to Houston Hobby,TX (USA) with 164 people on board, was climbing out of Phoenix's runway 07L when the crew requested to level off at 11,000 feet advising they were working on an autopilot issue. The crew subsequently declared emergency advising they had no autopilot trim and no electrical trim system on their brand new aircraft and needed to trim the aircraft manually, they had control of the aircraft, and advised they needed to return to Phoenix. The aircraft landed safely on Phoenix's runway 08 about 23 minutes after departure.

The aircraft had arrived in Phoenix on its delivery flight from Boeing Field the day before.

The aircraft successfully entered service about 14 hours later.
Aircraft Registration Data
Registration mark
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Country of Registration
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Manufacturer
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 24, 2023

Classification
Incident

Airline
Southwest Airlines

Flight number
WN-971

Departure
Phoenix, United States

Destination
Houston Hobby, United States

Aircraft Registration
N8844Q

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800MAX

ICAO Type Designator
B38M

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