NTSB DCA19CA168 — 2019-06-17 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Current FAA registration · N8608N

Make / Model: BOEING 737-8H4
Year of manufacture: 2013 · 6 years old at event
Engine: CFM INTL CFM56-7B27E
Seats / Engines: 143 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date: 20130124
ADS-B equipped: Yes — Mode-S ABD254

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8608N Boeing 737-8H4 None

Probable cause & findings

a provisioning truck that impacted the airplane resulting in substantial damage.

Factual narrative

On June 17, 2019, about 1020 eastern daylight time, Southwest Airlines flight 157, a Boeing 737-8H4, N8608N, was struck by a provisioning truck while loaded and ready for pushback at Pittsburgh International Airport (KPIT), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. There were no injuries to the crew or passengers on board. The airplane received substantial damage. The regularly scheduled domestic passenger flight was operating under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121 from KPIT to Denver International Airport (KDEN), Denver, Colorado. According to witnesses, the driver of the provisioning truck was unconscious when the truck impacted the airplane. The airplane received substantial damage to the left fuselage and internal structure. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12

NTSB Findings

FAA avdata. C = Cause, F = Factor.

— Personnel issues-Physical-Impairment/incapacitation-Other loss of consciousness-Ground crew

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2019_DCA19CA168.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Search this event elsewhere

External sources are reported, not agency: signal that something happened, not fact about what happened.