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A controller at a foreign airport clears a B727 into position and hold, then clears a C182 to land over the top on the same runway. B727 pilot states that it was not a safe operation.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 358894 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199701 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : cun |
| State Reference | FO |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : holding |
| Route In Use | departure other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Skylane 182/RG Turbo Skylane/RG |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | controller military : 4 controller non radar : 3 flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 2200 |
| ASRS Report | 358894 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical non adherence : published procedure non adherence : required legal separation other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 0 vertical : 50 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Operational Error |
Narrative:
B727. I was cleared into position and hold runway 12 cun. Small aircraft was cleared to land over the top of us, to land on same runway in front of us. I was ATC tower controller for 4 yrs, not a safe operation. Tower operator was a male.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A CTLR AT A FOREIGN ARPT CLRS A B727 INTO POS AND HOLD, THEN CLRS A C182 TO LAND OVER THE TOP ON THE SAME RWY. B727 PLT STATES THAT IT WAS NOT A SAFE OP.
Narrative: B727. I WAS CLRED INTO POS AND HOLD RWY 12 CUN. SMALL ACFT WAS CLRED TO LAND OVER THE TOP OF US, TO LAND ON SAME RWY IN FRONT OF US. I WAS ATC TWR CTLR FOR 4 YRS, NOT A SAFE OP. TWR OPERATOR WAS A MALE.
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.