# NTSB Incident DCA23LA179
> **BOEING 737-823** · 2023-02-17 · Sarasota, FL, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DCA23LA179
- **Event ID:** 20230223106768
- **Type:** Incident
- **Date:** 2023-02-17
- **Location:** Sarasota, FL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 27.3951, -82.5538
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 372
- **Total aboard:** 372
## Aircraft
- **Make:** BOEING
- **Model:** 737-823
- **Registration:** N976NN
- **FAR Part:** 121
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** —
## Conditions
- **Light:** NITE
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The local controller’s failure to prioritize and properly monitor the runway and airport environment along with his erroneous assumption that ROU 1633 would depart from runway 14 before AAL2172 arrived to land on the same runway, which resulted in a loss of separation between both airplanes.

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