Southwest Flight 345 , nose gear collapsed

22 July 2013

Southwest Flight WN-345 , Boeing 737-700 registration N753SW from Nashville to New York La Guardia with 144 passengers and 6 crew after landed at La Guardia airport on runway 04 the nose gear collapsed.Airplane stopped around half way of runway and near taxiway.After stop airplane evacuated via the emergency slides with result to receive minor injures 5 passengers and 3 crew members(from evacuation).Runway 04 closed after the incident.

Airline confirmed the incident saying that airplane nose gear collapsed after landing and 5 passengers and 3 crew received injures

On 23 July NTSB reported that the nose gear collapsed up and into the fuselage damaging the avionics bay that houses avionics.Also reported that the airplane slid 2175 feet on its nose on runway until came to a stop off to the right side of runway 04

On 26 July NTSB reported that evidence from videos and other sources it shows that nose gear touch down first before the main gears.56 sec before touchdown flaps set from 30 to 40 degrees .4 sec before touchdown altitude it was 32 feet speed 134knts and pitch 2 degrees nose up.At touchdown speed it was 133knts and pitch 3 degrees nose down.Airplane stopped after 19 secs

On 6 August NTSB reported

The captain has been with Southwest for almost 13 years and has been a captain for six of those years. The captain has over 12,000 total flight hours, over 7,000 of which are as pilot-in-command. In 737s, the captain has over 7,900 hours, with more than 2,600 as the pilot-in-command.
The first officer has been with Southwest for about 18 months. The pilot has about 5,200 total flight hours, with 4,000 of those as pilot-in-command. In 737s, the first officer has about 1,100 hours, none of which are as the pilot-in-command.
This was the first trip the flight crew had flown together and it was the second leg of the trip. The first officer had previous operational experience at LGA, including six flights in 2013. The captain reported having flown into LGA twice, including the accident flight, serving as the pilot monitoring for both flights.
The en route phase of the flight, which originated in Nashville, was characterized by the flight crew as routine. On approach into LGA, the first officer was the pilot flying and the captain was the pilot monitoring. SWA 345 was cleared for the ILS Runway 4 approach.
The weather in the New York area caused the accident flight to enter a holding pattern for about 15 minutes. The crew reported that they saw the airport from about 5-10 miles out and that the airplane was on speed, course and glideslope down to about 200-400 feet.
The crew reported that below 1,000 feet, the tailwind was about 11 knots. They also reported that the wind on the runway was a headwind of about 11 knots.
SWA 345 proceeded on the approach when at a point below 400 feet, there was an exchange of control of the airplane and the captain became the flying pilot and made the landing.
The jetliner touched down on the runway nose first followed by the collapse of the nose gear; the airplane was substantially damaged "

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