An air carrier medium large transport made a touch and go over a truck on the runway.

Attributes
ACN	279672
Time
Date	199408
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mdw
State Reference	IL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 50
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : mdw
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing : go around landing other
Route In Use	arrival other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 4000
ASRS Report	279672
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 8000
ASRS Report	279839
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical incursion : runway non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Miss Distance	horizontal : 0 vertical : 50
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Airport	procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

Upon landing at mdw on runway 22, a fire truck wandered onto the runway at midfield as the aircraft was touching down (the nose gear coming down). A touch and go was initiated by the crew, and passed over the fire truck at midfield at less than 50 ft vertical separation. I feel that the major contributing factor for this event, was the tower controller workload. At the time of the incident the tower controller was performing all functions of tower, ground, clearance. I feel that a prompt response by the flight probably prevented a major aircraft accident. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the fire truck was on an orientation tour of the airport. Apparently the truck was supposed to turn left at a taxiway, but instead continued straight ahead onto the runway. The reporting first officer says that the FAA is investigating this, but has not contacted him.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR MLG MADE A TOUCH AND GO OVER A TRUCK ON THE RWY.

Narrative: UPON LNDG AT MDW ON RWY 22, A FIRE TRUCK WANDERED ONTO THE RWY AT MIDFIELD AS THE ACFT WAS TOUCHING DOWN (THE NOSE GEAR COMING DOWN). A TOUCH AND GO WAS INITIATED BY THE CREW, AND PASSED OVER THE FIRE TRUCK AT MIDFIELD AT LESS THAN 50 FT VERT SEPARATION. I FEEL THAT THE MAJOR CONTRIBUTING FACTOR FOR THIS EVENT, WAS THE TWR CTLR WORKLOAD. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT THE TWR CTLR WAS PERFORMING ALL FUNCTIONS OF TWR, GND, CLRNC. I FEEL THAT A PROMPT RESPONSE BY THE FLT PROBABLY PREVENTED A MAJOR ACFT ACCIDENT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE FIRE TRUCK WAS ON AN ORIENTATION TOUR OF THE ARPT. APPARENTLY THE TRUCK WAS SUPPOSED TO TURN L AT A TXWY, BUT INSTEAD CONTINUED STRAIGHT AHEAD ONTO THE RWY. THE RPTING FO SAYS THAT THE FAA IS INVESTIGATING THIS, BUT HAS NOT CONTACTED HIM.

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.