Envoy E175 at Houston on Mar 5th 2023, commenced takeoff without clearance
Last Update: March 13, 2023 / 20:19:15 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 5, 2023
Classification
Incident
Airline
Envoy Air
Flight number
MQ-3338
Departure
Houston Hobby, United States
Destination
Dallas Ft. Worth, United States
Aircraft Registration
N258NN
Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-175
ICAO Type Designator
E175
Airport
William P Hobby Airport, Houston
Airport ICAO Code
KHOU
At that time a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-8 MAX, registration N8725L performing flight WN-2683 from Austin,TX to Houston Hobby,TX (USA), was on short final to Houston's runway 04, which intersects with runway 13R, at about 20:17L (02:17Z Mar 6th).
Tower instructed the Embraer to stop and the Boeing to go around resolving the conflict as the Boeing went around from very low height (below 100 feet AGL) and the Embraer slowed. The Embraer was subsequently instructed to vacate runway 13R to their left onto taxiway H about 220 meters/720 feet short of the intersection with runway 04 and was provided with a phone number to call.
The Boeing positioned for another approach and landed safely on runway 04 about 9 minutes after the go around.
The FAA reported on Mar 13th 2023: "The crew of Envoy Air Flight 3338 began their takeoff roll without clearance on March 5 at William P. Hobby Airport in Houston as Southwest Airlines Flight 2863 was cleared to land on an intersecting runway. At the direction of an air traffic controller, Envoy stopped short of the intersecting runway and Southwest discontinued its landing. The closest proximity of the two aircraft was approximately 4,100 feet."
Metars:
KHOU 060353Z 14005KT 10SM FEW250 17/14 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP173 T01720144 $=
KHOU 060253Z 13004KT 10SM BKN250 18/14 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP174 T01780144 53012 $=
KHOU 060153Z 14006KT 10SM BKN250 19/14 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP168 T01890139 $=
KHOU 060053Z 11008KT 10SM OVC250 20/13 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP166 T02000133 $=
KHOU 052353Z 11011KT 10SM SCT250 22/12 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP163 T02220117 10261 20222 55004 $=
KHOU 052253Z 11011KT 10SM FEW250 24/11 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP160 T02390106 $=
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 5, 2023
Classification
Incident
Airline
Envoy Air
Flight number
MQ-3338
Departure
Houston Hobby, United States
Destination
Dallas Ft. Worth, United States
Aircraft Registration
N258NN
Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-175
ICAO Type Designator
E175
Airport
William P Hobby Airport, Houston
Airport ICAO Code
KHOU
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