# Accident 19970418010839A: Boeing 7373S3, Las Vegas, NV, April 18, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 1997, 18:24 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Mc Carran International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AWXA
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N313AW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N313AW-2011-10-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-3S3 (registry code 138449H, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-3s3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CFM56 series (registry code 30016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7373S3
- Reported engine: CFMINT CFM563B2
- People aboard: 124
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,500 total, 5,600 in this make and model, 227 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX97FA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97FA164) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970418010839A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(.4)BEECH 99 (B99) DEPARTED ON VFR FLIGHT (FLT) & BEGAN CLIMB TO 10,500', HEADING 175 DEG. AT BOUNDARY OF CLASS B AIRSPACE, ATC CONTROLLER (TRACON) TERMINATED RADAR SERVICE AS B99 WAS AT 7,000'; 40 SEC LATER, PILOTS (PLTS) OF BOEING 737 (B737) CONTACTED TRACON, ON CRESSO 3 ARRIVAL (STAR), & WERE CLEARED TO DESCEND TO 10,000' ON CONVERGING VECTOR OF 020 DEG; 50 SEC LATER, TRACON ADVISED B737 OF TRAFFIC (B99), 3 MI AHEAD, OPPOSITE DIRECTION & 1,700' LOWER. TRACON DID NOT MENTION TRAFFIC WAS CLIMBING, NOR ISSUE SAFETY ALERT; 18 SEC LATER, TRACON TOLD B737 PLTS THEY COULD 'CLIMB AS YOU WISH.' 1ST OFFICER (FO, PLT FLYING TCAS EQUIPPED B737) RESPONDED TO A RESOLUTION ADVISORY BY USING AUTOPILOT & NEGLECTED TO PRESS 'LEVEL CHANGE,' WHICH DELAYED AVOIDANCE MANEUVER. B737 PLTS SAW B99 AT CLOSE RANGE; FO MANEUVERED ABRUPTLY TO AVERT COLLISION. B737 FLIGHT ATTENDANT WAS INJURED DURING MANEUVER. B99 PLT SAW B737 BEHIND WINDOW POST, TOO LATE FOR EVASIVE ACTION. AIRCRAFT PASSED WITH ESTIMATED 200' VERTICAL & NO LATERAL SEPARATION (SEPN). TCAS EVENT ANALYSIS CONCLUDED THAT IF B737 PILOTS HAD RESPONDED TO TCAS ADVISORIES, WITHIN SYSTEM DESIGN PARAMETERS, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN 700' VERTICAL SEPN W ITHOUT ABRUPT MANEUVERING. STAR WAS IN HEAVILY TRAVELED AREA, OFTEN USED BY PLTS OF SMALL VFR AIRCRAFT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX97FA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97FA164), Apr 19, 1997: Boeing 737-3S3 (N313AW), Las Vegas, NV, no damage. Probable cause: inadequate service provided by the TRACON controller, by issuing a radar vector to the Boeing 737 flight, which resulted in inadequate separation from a Beech 99 that the controller had just…

## Other reports on N313AW (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19990203017789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990203017789I), Feb 3, 1999: Boeing 737353 (N313AW), Albuquerque, NM. Awxa F750103 feb diverted to abq. Pilot in pax compartment saw evidence of fuel leak from wing(right). Inspection on abq, ramp revealed numerous fuel leaks…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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