# Incident 20211129021999I: Bombardier CRJ-900, San Diego, CA, November 29, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 29, 2021, 20:40 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: NZAF
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Aircraft: C-GJZV (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOMBARDIER CRJ-900
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Unknown or foreign certificate
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211129021999I

## Narrative

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

1.  DESCRIPTION: ON 30 NOVEMBER 2021, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, REGISTRATION NUMBER C-GJZV, A CANADAIR CRJ AIRCRAFT, TAXIED FOR TAKEOFF AT SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KSAN) WITH A DESTINATION OF VANCOUVER (CYVR). THE AIRCRAFT HAD 69 PASSENGERS AND A TOTAL OF 4 CREW MEMBERS. BECAUSE OF DELAYS, THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING DURING NIGHT CONDITIONS. THE WEATHER REPORT GIVEN FOR PUSHBACK AND TAKEOFF WERE THE FOLLOWING:

SPECI KSAN 300156Z 00000KT 4SM BR SCT002 16/15 A3003 RMK AO2 VIS S-W 1 T01560150=

SPECI KSAN 300235Z 30004KT 1/2SM R09/1200V2000FT FG BKN002 14/14 A3004 RMK AO2 VIS NE-E 2 S-W 1/4 T01440144

AFTER TAXIING TO B1 FOR RUNWAY (RWY) 27, THE CREW CONFIRMED THE RUNWAY NUMBER WITH THE SIGN AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS AT THE B1 HOLD SHORT LINE.  B1 IS AT THE BEGINNING OF AN 1800 FOOT DISPLACED THRESHOLD FOR RWY 27. WHEN CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF, THE CAPTAIN MANEUVERED THE AIRCRAFT INTO POSITION, LINEUP CHECKS WERE COMPLETED, THE HORIZONTAL SITUATION INDICATOR (HIS) WAS REFERENCED FOR RUNWAY HEADING, AND CONTROLS WERE TRANSFERRED TO THE FIRST OFFICER. NEITHER PILOT COULD SEE THE RWY 27 THRESHOLD LIGHTS WHICH WERE 1,800 FEET AWAY, AND THEY DO NOT RECALL THE APPROACH LIGHTS BEING ON AT THE TIME.

PRIOR TO THE TAKEOFF ROLL, THE CREW HAD MISTAKENLY LINED UP WITH THE LEFT RUNWAY EDGE LIGHTS ON THE DISPLACED THRESHOLD, BELIEVING THEY WERE CENTERLINE LIGHTS. DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL, THE PILOTS FELT "SURFACE ROUGHNESS" WHICH WAS ACTUALLY THE LEFT MAIN GEAR HITTING THE LEFT EDGE LIGHTS. THEY REPORTED THINKING THAT THE ROUGHNESS WAS FROM THE DISPLACED THRESHOLD APPROACH LIGHT BAR AREA. AS THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED DOWN THE RUNWAY, THREE EDGE LIGHTS WERE HIT IN SUCCESSION BUT THE CREW WAS NOT AWARE. AS THE AIRCRAFT CLOSED WITH THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY, THE CREW WAS ABLE TO SEE THE CENTERLINE LIGHTS AND CORRECTED RIGHT TO LINE UP WITH THE LIGHTS.

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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