Srq tower controller reported they cleared an aircraft for takeoff while an aircraft was landing on ...

Attributes
ACN	1491740
Time
Date	201710
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	SRQ.Airport
State Reference	FL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft Low Wing 2 Eng Retractable Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Route In Use	VFR Route
Flight Plan	VFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Bonanza 36
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Local
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 2
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

Aircraft X requested to depart runway 04. Aircraft Y was cleared to land on runway 14. Shortly before I had already departed aircraft Z in the left closed traffic pattern for runway 14. My attention then returned to watching aircraft Z pass through the departure corridor of runway 04 and I cleared aircraft X for takeoff to turn right heading 220. When I scanned the runways aircraft Y was at taxi speed and he stopped short of the intersecting runway aircraft X was departing from. I did not instruct him to but he did. I also tried to cancel aircraft X's takeoff clearance since I did not issue a hold short instruction to aircraft Y; but received no response and he departed without further incident. I taxied aircraft Y off of the runway without further incident.I should have utilized land and hold short instructions and focused on working the runway out and not become distracted.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SRQ Tower Controller reported they cleared an aircraft for takeoff while an aircraft was landing on an intersecting runway.

Narrative: Aircraft X requested to depart Runway 04. Aircraft Y was cleared to land on Runway 14. Shortly before I had already departed Aircraft Z in the left closed traffic pattern for Runway 14. My attention then returned to watching Aircraft Z pass through the departure corridor of Runway 04 and I cleared Aircraft X for takeoff to turn right heading 220. When I scanned the runways Aircraft Y was at taxi speed and he stopped short of the intersecting runway Aircraft X was departing from. I did not instruct him to but he did. I also tried to cancel Aircraft X's takeoff clearance since I did not issue a hold short instruction to Aircraft Y; but received no response and he departed without further incident. I taxied Aircraft Y off of the runway without further incident.I should have utilized land and hold short instructions and focused on working the runway out and not become distracted.

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.

Srq tower controller reported they cleared an aircraft for takeoff while an aircraft was landing on an intersecting runway.