Southwest B737 at Dallas on Jun 5th 2015, object on final approach path
Last Update: June 7, 2015 / 15:41:14 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 5, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
Southwest Airlines
Flight number
WN-28
Departure
Houston Hobby, United States
Destination
Dallas Love, United States
Aircraft Registration
N204WN
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700
ICAO Type Designator
B737
The next arrival continued to land on runway 13L, then all arriving traffic was switched to runway 13R while a police helicopter attempted to locate the drone about 1nm short of the runway threshold. Tower advised the helicopter that the drone, stationary, black, was 1nm short of the runway threshold at about 1000 feet MSL. Tower subsequently advised they were told the location was east of Sam's Club, about 0.4nm short of the runway threshold and about 90 meters/300 feet to the left of the extended runway centerline. The helicopter was unable to locate the drone or anything suspicious despite landing on a parking lot at Sam's Club, however.
A subsequent arrival to runway 13R reported seeing the object at about 1200-1300feet MSL at what appeared to be directly on the extended runway center line of runway 13L, they couldn't say what it was, it looked like debris blown up and floating.
The FAA reported the Southwest Boeing did not need to perform an evasive maneouver. The FAA reported the drone, a quadcopter, was seen a few hundred feet off the left wing of the aircraft.
The airline reported the crew noticed a traffic conflict on approach to Dallas Love Field, the aircraft landed safely, the crew filed the according reports.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 5, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
Southwest Airlines
Flight number
WN-28
Departure
Houston Hobby, United States
Destination
Dallas Love, United States
Aircraft Registration
N204WN
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700
ICAO Type Designator
B737
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