Medium large transport departed with snow removal vehicle still on runway.

Attributes
ACN	106399
Time
Date	198903
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : anc
State Reference	AK
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : sdf
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff
Route In Use	departure other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
ASRS Report	106399
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical non adherence : published procedure non adherence : required legal separation
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 100 vertical : 0
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Operational Error

Narrative:

A veh was approved access to runway 32 for snow removal along the side of the runway. Several mins later air carrier X called ready on on runway 32. It was necessary to obtain an IFR release from the radar room. The release was received and air carrier X was cleared for takeoff west/O delay due to inbound traffic landing on runway 6L.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MLG DEPARTED WITH SNOW REMOVAL VEHICLE STILL ON RWY.

Narrative: A VEH WAS APPROVED ACCESS TO RWY 32 FOR SNOW REMOVAL ALONG THE SIDE OF THE RWY. SEVERAL MINS LATER ACR X CALLED READY ON ON RWY 32. IT WAS NECESSARY TO OBTAIN AN IFR RELEASE FROM THE RADAR ROOM. THE RELEASE WAS RECEIVED AND ACR X WAS CLRED FOR TKOF W/O DELAY DUE TO INBND TFC LNDG ON RWY 6L.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 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.