ON TKOF AND AIRBORNE AT LAS ARPT RWY 19L; A B737 WAS ADVISED BY THE LCL CTLR THAT TFC WAS ROLLING OUT ON RWY 25R.
Synopsis
ON TKOF AND AIRBORNE AT LAS ARPT RWY 19L; A B737 WAS ADVISED BY THE LCL CTLR THAT TFC WAS ROLLING OUT ON RWY 25R.
Narrative
I WAS CLRED FOR TKOF ON RWY 19L; AND DURING THE TKOF ROLL; TWR CALLED ME AND ADVISED ME OF TFC ON MY L ON THE GND; AND THAT THEY WERE NOT TALKING TO HIM. I SAW AN AIRLINER ROLLING OUT ON RWY 25R APCHING MY RWY; AND SINCE I WAS VERY CLOSE TO VR AT THIS POINT; I ROTATED. THE OTHER ACFT DID TURN OFF BEFORE REACHING MY RWY; SO I DID NOT FLY OVER HIS ACFT; AND I WAS WELL CLR OF HIM AS I PASSED OVER RWY 25R. DEP CONTINUED NORMALLY WITH NO COMMENTS FROM ANYONE. WE NEVER DID COME CLOSE; BUT IF THAT AIRPLANE HAD CONTINUED ONTO RWY 19L; IT WOULD HAVE MADE FOR SOME SCARY SECONDS. EVEN IF HE HAD; I AM SURE THAT I WOULD HAVE CLRED HIS ACFT; SINCE I HAD PLENTY OF SPD AND CLBING FAST AT THAT POINT. I CONTACTED COMPANY ATC SPECIALIST UPON LNDG IN AND DESCRIBED THE EVENT FOR HIM. HE CONTACTED THE TWR; AND HAD A DISCUSSION WITH THEM. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 594348: DURING TKOF ON RWY 19L AT LAS; JUST PRIOR TO V1/VR TWR ADVISED US OF TFC ON THE GND TO THE L SIDE. THEY WERE NOT IN CONTACT WITH THIS ACFT AT THE TIME. THE TFC ON THE GND DID STOP SHORT OF RWY 19L AS WE ROTATED; AND NO HARM WAS DONE. THIS WAS CLRLY THE LAS TWR/GND CTLR'S FAULT. WE HAD BEEN CLRED FOR TKOF; AND WE WERE NEAR V1/VR WHEN THE TWR NOTIFIED US OF THE TFC. HUMAN MISTAKES CAN AND WILL HAPPEN ON BOTH SIDES. I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR VEGAS ATC; AND I AM GLAD THEY MADE THE DECISION TO POINT OUT THE TFC TO US. JUST GOES TO SHOW ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN; EVEN ON A CLR BLUE VMC VEGAS DAY. CAPT'S LEG RWY 19L. CALLBACK: CALLED RPTR TO VERIFY RWY OTHER ACFT USED FOR LNDG. THE RPTR SATED THE OTHER ACFT LANDED ON RWY 25R AND TURNED OFF ON TXWY A7. HE SAID THE CTLR DID NOT STATE A LAND AND HOLD SHORT PROC WAS BEING USED. HE SAID THE INCIDENT WAS NOT A CLOSE CALL.
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Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.