← NTSB aviation accidents

Aviation accident DCA16LA032

NONE · BOEING 737 3H4 · 2015-12-15 · Nashville, TN, USA

Event

NTSB number
DCA16LA032
Event ID
20151216X41606
Type
Accident
Date
2015-12-15
Location
Nashville, TN, USA
Coordinates
36.099998, -86.599998

Injuries

Highest injury
NONE
Fatal
0
Serious
0
Minor
0
Uninjured
138
Total aboard
138

Aircraft

Make
BOEING
Model
737 3H4
Registration
N649SW
FAR Part
121
Engines
2
Damage
SUBS

Conditions

Light
NITE
Weather
VMC

Probable cause

the flight crew's early turn towards the assigned gate because taxiway lighting had been inadvertently turned off by the controller-in-charge which resulted in the airplane leaving the paved surface. Contributing to the accident was the operation of the screen-saver function on the lighting control panel that prevented the tower controllers from having an immediate visual reference to the status of the airfield lighting.

Source

Authoritative
NTSB CAROL
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown