Boeing 737-300 crash, Dec 15, 2015, Nashville-Intl
Boeing 737-300 accident on December 15, 2015 near Nashville-Intl, Tennessee, United States with no fatalities. Cause: NTSB: The flight crew's early...
- Date: December 15, 2015
- Aircraft: Boeing 737-300
- Location: Nashville-Intl, Tennessee, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Cause: NTSB: The flight crew's early turn toward 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 was the screen saver function on the lighting control panel, which prevented tower controllers from an immediate visual reference to airfield lighting status.
A Southwest Boeing 737 300 on a scheduled flight from Houston left the taxiway while taxiing to its gate at Nashville on 15 December 2015 and stopped in a drainage ditch. Nine of the 138 people on board received minor injuries during the evacuation, and the airplane was substantially damaged. The NTSB found the crew's early turn after the controller had switched off taxiway lighting by mistake was the cause, with the lighting panel screen saver a contributing factor.