NTSB on nose-down landing in NYC: No malfunctions found
Captain had 7,900 flight hours in 737s
The National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) ongoing investigation into the July 22ndSouthwest Airlines accident at New York’s LaGuardia Airport has not yet identified a definite cause of the incident, but it has yielded considerable information about the crew, conditions and flight.
Ten of the 150 people on board were injured and the B-737-700 jetliner suffered considerable damage when it touched down on the runway nose first, then skidded more than 2,000 feet along the runway before stopping in a grassy area.