<< >> NASA ASRS Report 144204, May 1990

Maintenance vehicle drove onto an active runway without ATC permission, causing an aircraft on short final to go around.

Attributes
ACN	144204
Time
Date	199005
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : cak
State Reference	OH
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : ord
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	landing : go around landing other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : ground
Qualification	controller : non radar
Experience	controller radar : 5
ASRS Report	144204
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Events
Anomaly	incursion : runway non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Maintenance veh requested to drive. I instructed the veh to hold short of runway 1 at taxiway D. The operation we were on was landing runway 01 and runway 32, departing runway 32. The veh drove down runway 32 to the west end of taxiway D. An small aircraft was on a 3/4 mi final to runway 32 and was instructed to go around.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MAINTENANCE VEHICLE DROVE ONTO AN ACTIVE RWY WITHOUT ATC PERMISSION, CAUSING AN ACFT ON SHORT FINAL TO GO AROUND.

Narrative: MAINT VEH REQUESTED TO DRIVE. I INSTRUCTED THE VEH TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 1 AT TXWY D. THE OPERATION WE WERE ON WAS LNDG RWY 01 AND RWY 32, DEPARTING RWY 32. THE VEH DROVE DOWN RWY 32 TO THE W END OF TXWY D. AN SMA WAS ON A 3/4 MI FINAL TO RWY 32 AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO GO AROUND.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.