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Ground controller cleared aircraft to taxi across active runway without coordination with local controller. Small aircraft was landing as aircraft taxied across runway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 164244 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199012 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : phx |
| State Reference | AZ |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : rdg |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Retractable Gear |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Experience | controller non radar : 3 controller radar : 2 |
| ASRS Report | 164244 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : ground |
| Qualification | controller : non radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground less severe non adherence : published procedure non adherence : required legal separation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : insufficient time |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 3000 vertical : 0 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Intra Facility Coordination Failure Operational Error |
Narrative:
Traffic was moderate to heavy. I had small aircraft X over the landing threshold, touching down when I observed an aircraft crossing the runway downfield. The arrival was on the runway and slowing down before the aircraft cleared the runway. I asked ground what happened and received no reply. I did not at any time approve the crossing. No action was taken concerning this situation. It was not conceivable to have the small aircraft X go around at time of occurrence. The controller in charge at time of the occurrence did not feel the situation warranted action. I later found out that the pilot of the aircraft which had permission from ground control to cross was also upset as he noticed the small aircraft X rolling out on the runway. The following day he advised the controller in charge that he was going to file a report re: the incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: GND CTLR CLEARED ACFT TO TAXI ACROSS ACTIVE RWY WITHOUT COORD WITH LCL CTLR. SMA WAS LNDG AS ACFT TAXIED ACROSS RWY.
Narrative: TFC WAS MODERATE TO HEAVY. I HAD SMA X OVER THE LNDG THRESHOLD, TOUCHING DOWN WHEN I OBSERVED AN ACFT XING THE RWY DOWNFIELD. THE ARR WAS ON THE RWY AND SLOWING DOWN BEFORE THE ACFT CLRED THE RWY. I ASKED GND WHAT HAPPENED AND RECEIVED NO REPLY. I DID NOT AT ANY TIME APPROVE THE XING. NO ACTION WAS TAKEN CONCERNING THIS SITUATION. IT WAS NOT CONCEIVABLE TO HAVE THE SMA X GO AROUND AT TIME OF OCCURRENCE. THE CIC AT TIME OF THE OCCURRENCE DID NOT FEEL THE SITUATION WARRANTED ACTION. I LATER FOUND OUT THAT THE PLT OF THE ACFT WHICH HAD PERMISSION FROM GND CTL TO CROSS WAS ALSO UPSET AS HE NOTICED THE SMA X ROLLING OUT ON THE RWY. THE FOLLOWING DAY HE ADVISED THE CIC THAT HE WAS GOING TO FILE A RPT RE: THE INCIDENT.
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.