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An oak local controller reports his reasons for allowing an aircraft to land on a taxiway that he was controlling.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1202134 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201409 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | OAK.Airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Local |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Experience | Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 6 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Ground Incursion Taxiway |
Narrative:
Aircraft X was a VFR arrival from the northwest of oak taken from norcal tracon. Aircraft X was instructed to proceed to the coliseum for right traffic rwy 28R at 2000ft for traffic; because I had another aircraft departing oak on a right downwind at 1500ft. After the conflict was resolved I instructed aircraft X to 'continue downwind to lose altitude; turn base your discretion cleared to land rwy 28R'. When aircraft X turned base he actually made a left 360 where he should have made a right base turn for Rwy28R. I let this go because I had no other traffic in the area. As he completed the left 360; aircraft X reported runway in sight. I then noticed his landing lights were passing rwy 28R where he should have been turning for landing so I let it continue thinking he was landing rwy 28L. I did not want to correct the aircraft in a critical phase of flight thinking he had already made a non standard base turn and had missed rwy 28R. I then noticed aircraft X was not turning base for rwy 28L and was lined up to land on taxiway bravo. I then ran to ground control 1 to make sure no vehicles/aircraft were on taxiway bravo and let aircraft X land. In my judgment; if I were to try to correct the aircraft or send him around he may have hit one of many high light poles we had along taxiway bravo or sent him on a go around towards an active runway 30 that had departures and arrivals.wanted to share for wide dissemination.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An OAK Local Controller reports his reasons for allowing an aircraft to land on a taxiway that he was controlling.
Narrative: Aircraft X was a VFR arrival from the NW of OAK taken from Norcal Tracon. Aircraft X was instructed to proceed to the coliseum for right traffic Rwy 28R at 2000ft for traffic; because I had another aircraft departing OAK on a right downwind at 1500ft. After the conflict was resolved I instructed Aircraft X to 'Continue downwind to lose altitude; turn base your discretion cleared to land Rwy 28R'. When Aircraft X turned base he actually made a left 360 where he should have made a right base turn for Rwy28R. I let this go because I had no other traffic in the area. As he completed the left 360; Aircraft X reported Runway in sight. I then noticed his landing lights were passing Rwy 28R where he should have been turning for landing so I let it continue thinking he was landing Rwy 28L. I did not want to correct the aircraft in a critical phase of flight thinking he had already made a non standard base turn and had missed Rwy 28R. I then noticed Aircraft X was not turning base for Rwy 28L and was lined up to land on Taxiway Bravo. I then ran to Ground Control 1 to make sure no vehicles/aircraft were on Taxiway Bravo and let Aircraft X land. In my judgment; if I were to try to correct the aircraft or send him around he may have hit one of many high light poles we had along taxiway bravo or sent him on a go around towards an active Runway 30 that had departures and arrivals.Wanted to share for wide dissemination.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.