Final Report B737 (C-GWCN), Las Vegas USA, 16 February 2023
Final Report B737 (C-GWCN), Las Vegas USA, 16 February 2023
On 16 February 2023, a Boeing 737-700 took off from Las Vegas in excellent night visibility aligned with the right hand runway edge lights instead of the unlit centreline without pilot awareness during or after the takeoff. Minor nosewheel tyre damage found after flight did not trigger an operator investigation and the airport only discovered the runway edge lighting damage two days later and did not identify and advise the operator until over a week had passed. The very experienced Captain had misaligned the aircraft whilst the extremely inexperienced First Officer was too busy to monitor the Captain’s actions.






