Boeing 737 N411WN accident near Aylett, Virginia, March 9, 2024
Boeing 737, registration N411WN, operated by Southwest Airlines, was involved in an accident near Aylett, Virginia on March 9, 2024. The NTSB lists the highest injury level as serious, with 2 people on board. Case DCA24LA124 is completed.
ADS-B receivers recorded 86 minutes of the flight, reaching a maximum of 39,025 ft. The last recorded position was at 18:51 UTC, at 475 ft and 125 knots, descending at 704 feet per minute, about 2 km from Baltimore-Washington Intl (KBWI).
The nearest weather report, from KBWI (2 km away), showed wind 90° at 8 knots, visibility 4 miles, ceiling 900 ft, weather: -RA BR (IFR conditions).
The aircraft is a Boeing 737NG 7H4/W registered in United States (Mode S A4D9D8).
This page reconstructs the flight from public ADS-B data for information only. The NTSB report is the authority on what happened and why.
Key facts
- Date
- March 9, 2024
- Location
- Aylett, Virginia
- Aircraft
- Boeing 737
- Registration
- N411WN
- Operator
- Southwest Airlines
- Injuries
- Serious (2 on board)
- NTSB case
- DCA24LA124 (Completed)
- Nearest airport
- Baltimore-Washington Intl (KBWI)
- Recorded flight
- 86 min, max 39,025 ft
- Last recorded position
- 18:51 UTC, 475 ft, 125 kt
3D flight replay
Replay the recorded flight in 3D with the weather, light and terrain at the time, flight instruments reconstructed from the aircraft's ADS-B transmissions, and automatically detected events.
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Sources: NTSB case DCA24LA124; ADS-B flight data from adsb.lol (ODbL); weather from NOAA / Iowa Environmental Mesonet and Open-Meteo.