Southwest B737 at San Diego on Aug 11th 2023, cleared to line up then forgotten, overflown by Citation on short final
Last Update: August 14, 2023 / 16:01:34 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 11, 2023
Classification
Incident
Airline
Southwest Airlines
Flight number
WN-2493
Departure
San Diego, United States
Destination
San Jose, United States
Aircraft Registration
N7734H
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700
ICAO Type Designator
B737
Airport ICAO Code
KSAN
About 50 seconds prior to the instruction to line up and wait to WN-2493 Tower cleared a Citation to land on runway 27, traffic would be holding in position.
About 2:10 minutes after the 737 had been instructed to line up runway 27 and wait the crew of the landing Citation queried, whether they were still cleared to land, in return tower instructed the Citation to go around, then instructed the 737 to vacate the runway via the next taxiway to the right, taxiway C2. The 737 queried for the reasoning, tower responded, there was traffic 2nm out behind them. The 737 crew complied and vacated the runway and subsequently went to holding point C1.
The Citation positioned for another approach and landed safely about 14 minutes later.
The 737 departed about 10 minutes after the go around of the Citation.
ADS-B data suggest that the Citation was already over the runway about 150 meters/480 feet ahead of the displaced runway threshold having overflown the 737 at low height when it reached the lowest height of about 100 feet AGL starting to climb again.
The FAA opened an investigation into the occurrence and stated: "The controller had previously cleared the Citation to land on Runway 27 and then instructed Southwest Flight 2493 to taxi onto that runway and wait for instructions to depart. The facility’s automated surface surveillance system alerted the controller about the developing situation."
The NTSB announced: "NTSB investigating Aug. 11 runway incursion and overflight at San Diego Int’l Airport that occurred when a Cessna 560X was cleared to land on Runway 27 and conflicted with a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 which was in a line up & wait on Runway 27. No injuries or damage reported."
Metars:
KSAN 112051Z 27009KT 10SM BKN013 23/18 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP161 T02330183 58005=
KSAN 111951Z 27007KT 240V310 10SM BKN013 BKN018 23/18 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP163 T02330183=
KSAN 111851Z 25007KT 230V290 10SM BKN011 BKN018 BKN250 22/18 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP166 T02170183=
KSAN 111751Z 22008KT 10SM BKN013 OVC018 22/19 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP166 T02220189 10222 20211 51005=
KSAN 111700Z 22007KT 10SM BKN013 OVC018 22/18 A3003 RMK AO2 T02170183=
KSAN 111651Z 26004KT 10SM OVC016 22/18 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP166 CIG 014V018 T02170183=
KSAN 111625Z 27006KT 10SM OVC016 22/18 A3002 RMK AO2 T02170183=
KSAN 111551Z 27005KT 10SM OVC014 22/18 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP164 T02170183=
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 11, 2023
Classification
Incident
Airline
Southwest Airlines
Flight number
WN-2493
Departure
San Diego, United States
Destination
San Jose, United States
Aircraft Registration
N7734H
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700
ICAO Type Designator
B737
Airport ICAO Code
KSAN
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