# NTSB Accident DCA16LA032
> **BOEING 737 3H4** · 2015-12-15 · Nashville, TN, USA · NONE
## 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.

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