 |
37000 Feet | Browse and search NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System |
|
Air carrier commuter captain and first officer do not see departing small aircraft as they are crossing runway midfield per ground controller instructions resulting in runway transgression incursion by aircraft nose overhanging runway edge.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 121698 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198909 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sna |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground : holding ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 3000 flight time type : 800 |
| ASRS Report | 121698 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : ground |
| Qualification | controller : non radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground less severe incursion : runway non adherence : required legal separation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance none taken : insufficient time none taken : unable |
| Consequence | faa : investigated |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Intra Facility Coordination Failure Operational Error |
Narrative:
Departing sna for lax, ground control instructed us to cross runway 19L at the midfield point. My first officer and I understood the clearance to cross runway 19L and hold short of runway 19R. Both of us cleared the area to our right as we began to cross midfield. Ground control told us to stop immediately. This put me between the runway and inside of the hold lines. The nose of my aircraft protruded onto the runway. Once I came to a complete stop, a single engine small aircraft had just lifted off on our right side. Orange county airport is a very busy airport. Because of all the construction occurring, the workload is very high for the controllers. Somehow there was a miscom in the tower when we were told to cross. Nothing serious happened.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR COMMUTER CAPT AND FO DO NOT SEE DEPARTING SMA AS THEY ARE CROSSING RWY MIDFIELD PER GND CTLR INSTRUCTIONS RESULTING IN RWY TRANSGRESSION INCURSION BY ACFT NOSE OVERHANGING RWY EDGE.
Narrative: DEPARTING SNA FOR LAX, GND CTL INSTRUCTED US TO CROSS RWY 19L AT THE MIDFIELD POINT. MY F/O AND I UNDERSTOOD THE CLRNC TO CROSS RWY 19L AND HOLD SHORT OF RWY 19R. BOTH OF US CLRED THE AREA TO OUR RIGHT AS WE BEGAN TO CROSS MIDFIELD. GND CTL TOLD US TO STOP IMMEDIATELY. THIS PUT ME BETWEEN THE RWY AND INSIDE OF THE HOLD LINES. THE NOSE OF MY ACFT PROTRUDED ONTO THE RWY. ONCE I CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP, A SINGLE ENGINE SMA HAD JUST LIFTED OFF ON OUR RIGHT SIDE. ORANGE COUNTY ARPT IS A VERY BUSY ARPT. BECAUSE OF ALL THE CONSTRUCTION OCCURRING, THE WORKLOAD IS VERY HIGH FOR THE CTLRS. SOMEHOW THERE WAS A MISCOM IN THE TWR WHEN WE WERE TOLD TO CROSS. NOTHING SERIOUS HAPPENED.
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.