NTSB Advisory
April 23, 2010
NTSB investigating near collision of jetliner and small plane over California.
The NTSB has opened an investigation into the near collision of a
commercial jetliner and a small private plane at the intersection of
two active runways at Burbank’s Bob Hope Airport.
At about 10:58 a.m. PDT on April 19. Southwest Airlines
flight 649, a Boeing 737-700 N473WN inbound from Oakland,
carrying 119 passengers and a crew of five was landing on
runway 8 while a Cessna 172, in the departure phase of a
“touch and go” on runway 15, passed over the 737.
According to the FAA, the airplanes came within 200 feet
vertically and 10 feet laterally of each other at the runway
intersection. No one was injured in the incident, which occurred
under clear a clear sky with visibility of 10 miles.