Mar 20, 2025
Incident
Orlando, FL
InjuriesNone
Phase of Flight-
ConditionsVMC
OperationFAR 121
Probable Cause
The captain’s failure to recognize that the airplane’s location did not agree with the assigned departure runway as required per the Southwest Airlines Airplane Operating Manual, and the captain’s plan continuation error when he missed several cues that would have informed him that he was not on the assigned departure runway when he initiated takeoff.
NTSB DCA25LA163