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[[File:N619SW - Boeing 737-3H4 - Southwest Airlines.jpg|thumb|right|N619SW, the aircraft involved in the accident, while still in service with [[Southwest Airlines]] in 2006]] |
[[File:N619SW - Boeing 737-3H4 - Southwest Airlines.jpg|thumb|right|N619SW, the aircraft involved in the accident, while still in service with [[Southwest Airlines]] in 2006]] |
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The aircraft involved in the crash was a 27-year-old Boeing 737-300, with serial number 28035 and registered as N619SW. The aircraft was first delivered to [[Southwest Airlines]] in November 1995 until its retirement in August 2017. It was transferred to Coulson Aviation later that month and |
The aircraft involved in the crash was a 27-year-old Boeing 737-300, with serial number 28035 and registered as N619SW. The aircraft was first delivered to [[Southwest Airlines]] in November 1995 until its retirement in August 2017. It was transferred to Coulson Aviation later that month, and after a period of storage and conversion, began operating as an air tanker in July 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=N619SW Coulson Aviation Boeing 737-300 |url=https://www.planespotters.net/airframe/boeing-737-300-n619sw-coulson-aviation/e0kk23 |access-date=February 6, 2023 |website=planespotters.net}}</ref><ref name="Gabbert 2022">{{cite web | last=Gabbert | first=Bill | title=Another 737 air tanker takes to the skies - | website=- | date=2022-07-17 | url=https://fireaviation.com/2022/07/16/another-737-air-tanker-takes-to-the-skies/ | access-date=February 7, 2023}}</ref> |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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N619SW, the aircraft involved in the accident, photographed in 2022
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| Accident | |
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| Date | 6 February 2023 (2023-02-06) |
| Summary | Crashed, under investigation |
| Site | Fitzgerald River National Park, Western Australia |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 737-3H4 |
| Operator | Coulson Aviation |
| Registration | N619SW |
| Flight origin | Busselton Margaret River Airport |
| Occupants | 2 |
| Passengers | 0 |
| Crew | 2 |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 2 |
| Survivors | 2 (all) |
On 6 February 2023, a Boeing 737-300 owned by Coulson Aviation and used as an air tanker crashed in the Fitzgerald River National Park in the Great Southern RegionofWestern Australia while fighting multiple fires. The two crew members aboard—both pilots—survived with minor injuries and were taken to hospital.[1][2][3] The crash resulted in the first hull loss of a Boeing 737 in Australia.[4]
On 6 February 2023, at 12.08 am, the aircraft involved took off from the Busselton Margaret River Airport on the first of three missions that day to respond to a fire near Hopetoun. En route to the fires, the aircraft climbed to 29,000 feet (8,800 m), before descending to around 700 feet (210 m) over the fire zone once. It returned to the same airport at 1.26 pm. After taking on a new retardant load, it took off at 1.50 pm for the second mission. The aircraft climbed out of the area and once again returned to its base at 3.08 pm, after descending once over the fire zone.
For the third time, it took off at 3.32 pm on the accident mission. This time the air tanker descended two times over the fire zone, crashing at 4.14 pm, while executing the second descent in the Fitzgerald River National Park.[5][2][4]
Following the accident, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau announced that a team was being assembled from Perth and Canberra to investigate the crash.[2][6]
The aircraft involved in the crash was a 27-year-old Boeing 737-300, with serial number 28035 and registered as N619SW. The aircraft was first delivered to Southwest Airlines in November 1995 until its retirement in August 2017. It was transferred to Coulson Aviation later that month, and after a period of storage and conversion, began operating as an air tanker in July 2022.[7][8]
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Aviation accidents and incidents in 2023 (2023)
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Jan 2 Jan 11 United States FAA system outage Jan 15 Jan 18 Feb 4 Feb 6 Coulson Aviation Boeing 737 crash Mar 14 Mar 29 Fort Campbell mid-air collision Apr 7 Apr 20 Apr 27 May 1 Caquetá Cessna Stationair crash May 13 Bryansk Oblast military aircraft crashes Jun 4 Jul 11 Jul 11 Halla Airlines Embraer Brasilia crash Jul 17 Chrcynno Cessna Grand Caravan crash Aug 17 Aug 23 Sep 12 Sep 16 Manaus Aerotáxi Embraer Bandeirante crash Sep 23 Oct 5 Oct 22 Oct 29 Rio Branco Cessna Grand Caravan crash Dec 7 Guyana Defence Force helicopter crash | |
