FAA shares North Las Vegas Airport safety concerns with pilots after deadly crash

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – The Federal Aviation Administration is raising concerns about safety at the North Las Vegas Airport. This comes after a deadly crash involving two planes killed four people in July. The FAA sent out a series of letters to pilots who fly out of the airport obtained by FOX5.

In one of the letters, the FAA describes the runways at North Las Vegas airport as “closely spaced parallel runways. “

The agency said in the deadly crash, one aircraft overshot their assigned runway while parallel runways were in use, crashing into the other plane.

“While I was instructing in North Las Vegas I saw many instances where pilots were getting the parallel runways confused to where they were cleared to land on three-zero-left, but they would line up on three-zero-right,” explained Will Bradley.

Multiple pilots were violating that causing potential aircraft conflicts with departing or arriving aircraft into Reid International which I found shocking,” Bradley expressed.

Bradley would like to see the runways renumbered. He maintains three- zero-left and three-zero-right is too confusing.

There will be a safety meeting in September about the safety concerns. That will be Wednesday, September 7, 2022 from 9:00 – 11:00 AM, and will be held via Zoom. Interested parties can e-mail Emily Oxsen at Emily.oxsen@faa.gov.

The NTSB who is investigating the crash released a preliminary report last week. The agency’s final report will be released within one to two years.

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – The Federal Aviation Administration is raising concerns about safety at the North Las Vegas Airport. This comes after a deadly crash involving two planes killed four people in July. The FAA sent out a series of letters to pilots who fly out of the airport obtained by FOX5.

In one of the letters, the FAA describes the runways at North Las Vegas airport as “closely spaced parallel runways. “

The agency said in the deadly crash, one aircraft overshot their assigned runway while parallel runways were in use, crashing into the other plane.

“While I was instructing in North Las Vegas I saw many instances where pilots were getting the parallel runways confused to where they were cleared to land on three-zero-left, but they would line up on three-zero-right,” explained Will Bradley.

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – The Federal Aviation Administration is raising concerns about safety at the North Las Vegas Airport. This comes after a deadly crash involving two planes killed four people in July. The FAA sent out a series of letters to pilots who fly out of the airport obtained by FOX5.

In one of the letters, the FAA describes the runways at North Las Vegas airport as “closely spaced parallel runways. “

The agency said in the deadly crash, one aircraft overshot their assigned runway while parallel runways were in use, crashing into the other plane.

“While I was instructing in North Las Vegas I saw many instances where pilots were getting the parallel runways confused to where they were cleared to land on three-zero-left, but they would line up on three-zero-right,” explained Will Bradley.

Multiple pilots were violating that causing potential aircraft conflicts with departing or arriving aircraft into Reid International which I found shocking,” Bradley expressed.

Bradley would like to see the runways renumbered. He maintains three- zero-left and three-zero-right is too confusing.

There will be a safety meeting in September about the safety concerns. That will be Wednesday, September 7, 2022 from 9:00 – 11:00 AM, and will be held via Zoom. Interested parties can e-mail Emily Oxsen at Emily.oxsen@faa.gov.

The NTSB who is investigating the crash released a preliminary report last week. The agency’s final report will be released within one to two years.

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – The Federal Aviation Administration is raising concerns about safety at the North Las Vegas Airport. This comes after a deadly crash involving two planes killed four people in July. The FAA sent out a series of letters to pilots who fly out of the airport obtained by FOX5.

In one of the letters, the FAA describes the runways at North Las Vegas airport as “closely spaced parallel runways. “

The agency said in the deadly crash, one aircraft overshot their assigned runway while parallel runways were in use, crashing into the other plane.

“While I was instructing in North Las Vegas I saw many instances where pilots were getting the parallel runways confused to where they were cleared to land on three-zero-left, but they would line up on three-zero-right,” explained Will Bradley.

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