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A widebody transport operated by a foreign air carrier nearly landed on top of an air carrier light transport at ewr. The widebody transport had been told to go around several times.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 226498 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199211 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ewr |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : mke |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : holding |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Widebody Transport |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing : go around |
| Route In Use | approach : straight in |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 3000 flight time type : 1000 |
| ASRS Report | 226498 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical non adherence : clearance other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 0 vertical : 100 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
*An air carrier light transport crew was in position to hold on runway 4L at ewr. A crew was on its way out to inspect the runway and clear reported debris. Aircraft were lined up for takeoff, and lndgs were being made on runway 4R. A foreign widebody transport was directed to land on runway 4R, but made its approach to 4L. It was told several times to go around, but did not do so until about 100 ft over the top of the reporting light transport. The reporting first officer in the light transport believes that there was a language problem. There was frequency congestion. The reporter likens his incident to the accident at lax. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: this reporter is new to the ASRS, this is his first report. He now knows that we cannot solve his employer's problems with maintenance, duty regulations, etc. He will send in more reports as conditions warrant. His log of operational discrepancies is growing daily.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A WDB OPERATED BY A FOREIGN ACR NEARLY LANDED ON TOP OF AN ACR LTT AT EWR. THE WDB HAD BEEN TOLD TO GAR SEVERAL TIMES.
Narrative: *AN ACR LTT CREW WAS IN POS TO HOLD ON RWY 4L AT EWR. A CREW WAS ON ITS WAY OUT TO INSPECT THE RWY AND CLR RPTED DEBRIS. ACFT WERE LINED UP FOR TKOF, AND LNDGS WERE BEING MADE ON RWY 4R. A FOREIGN WDB WAS DIRECTED TO LAND ON RWY 4R, BUT MADE ITS APCH TO 4L. IT WAS TOLD SEVERAL TIMES TO GAR, BUT DID NOT DO SO UNTIL ABOUT 100 FT OVER THE TOP OF THE RPTING LTT. THE RPTING FO IN THE LTT BELIEVES THAT THERE WAS A LANGUAGE PROBLEM. THERE WAS FREQ CONGESTION. THE RPTR LIKENS HIS INCIDENT TO THE ACCIDENT AT LAX. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THIS RPTR IS NEW TO THE ASRS, THIS IS HIS FIRST RPT. HE NOW KNOWS THAT WE CANNOT SOLVE HIS EMPLOYER'S PROBLEMS WITH MAINT, DUTY REGS, ETC. HE WILL SEND IN MORE RPTS AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. HIS LOG OF OPERATIONAL DISCREPANCIES IS GROWING DAILY.
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.