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Stl controller elected not to issue a go around to an air carrier about to flare when the asde-X alarmed apparently due to an airport vehicle operating on a closed taxiway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1040708 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201210 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | STL.Airport |
| State Reference | MO |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | None |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Local |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
A B737 landing runway 30R in the flare; asde-X alarmed with known vehicle on a closed taxiway putting up barricades. I should have sent the B737 around according to procedures. However; I saw the vehicle and it was not going on the runway and the B737 was so close to ground that issuing a go around would have been unsafe in this phase of flight.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: STL Controller elected not to issue a go around to an Air Carrier about to flare when the ASDE-X alarmed apparently due to an airport vehicle operating on a closed taxiway.
Narrative: A B737 landing Runway 30R in the flare; ASDE-X alarmed with known vehicle on a closed taxiway putting up barricades. I should have sent the B737 around according to procedures. However; I saw the vehicle and it was not going on the runway and the B737 was so close to ground that issuing a go around would have been unsafe in this phase of flight.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.