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A tower controller instructed a PA28 pilot to hold short for landing traffic then issued departure instructions. The PA28 pilot thought the departure instructions included takeoff clearance; switch frequencies and began the takeoff roll. ATC issued the landing jet go-around instructions over the PA28.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1303729 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201510 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Route In Use | None |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Regional Jet 200 ER/LR (CRJ200) |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Local |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Experience | Air Traffic Control Non Radar 5 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 23 Flight Crew Total 128 Flight Crew Type 128 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Conflict NMAC Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance Ground Incursion Runway |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 0 Vertical 200 |
Narrative:
Aircraft X was a VFR PA-28 inbound. Requested full stop taxi back; VFR departure. Aircraft was instructed to hold short of runway 23 for landing traffic. A jet was cleared to land runway 23. Aircraft X was given a VFR departure clearance to maintain VFR at or below 3;500 feet and the departure frequency. Without takeoff clearance [the aircraft] entered the active runway 23 and started takeoff roll while the jet was on short final. The jet was instructed to go around.a reiteration of hold short instructions to [the aircraft] may have helped to avoid this situation; but the aircraft had already read back hold short instructions once. The pilot of aircraft X may have mistaken the VFR departure clearance for a takeoff clearance.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Tower Controller instructed a PA28 pilot to hold short for landing traffic then issued departure instructions. The PA28 Pilot thought the departure instructions included takeoff clearance; switch frequencies and began the takeoff roll. ATC issued the landing jet go-around instructions over the PA28.
Narrative: Aircraft X was a VFR PA-28 inbound. Requested full stop taxi back; VFR departure. Aircraft was instructed to hold short of RWY 23 for landing traffic. A jet was cleared to land Runway 23. Aircraft X was given a VFR departure clearance to maintain VFR at or below 3;500 feet and the departure frequency. WITHOUT takeoff clearance [the aircraft] entered the active runway 23 and started takeoff roll while the jet was on short final. The jet was instructed to go around.A reiteration of hold short instructions to [the aircraft] may have helped to avoid this situation; but the aircraft had already read back hold short instructions once. The pilot of Aircraft X may have mistaken the VFR departure clearance for a takeoff clearance.
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.