<< >> NASA ASRS Report 394903, February 1998

Ground controller cleared an airport vehicle onto runway 14 without coordination with the local controller. A cessna short final was sent around.

Attributes
ACN	394903
Time
Date	199802
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : gso
State Reference	NC
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : gso
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Route In Use	approach : visual arrival other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : radar pilot : private
Experience	controller radar : 16 flight time total : 2000
ASRS Report	394903
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : ground oversight : supervisor
Qualification	controller : radar
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance other other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Operational Deviation

Narrative:

I was working local control. A supervisor was working ground control, clearance delivery and flight data combined. A cessna had done 4 touch and goes on runway 32 and was mid-field downwind for a full stop landing. I asked the cessna for a short approach so as not to delay the bonanza. I cleared the cessna to land on runway 32. The cessna was now on short final for runway 32 and asked what was on the runway. A truck was about 1/3 of the way down runway 14. I sent the cessna around. I turned to the ground controller and said 'you really need to tell me when you put a truck on the runway.' the controller looked up from the magazine he was reading and took the airport vehicle that he had cleared onto the runway off. Factors: nighttime, the truck was traveling at right angles to me and was nearly invisible from the tower. Inattention. Procedures, I believe vehicles on the runway should talk to local not ground.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GND CTLR CLRED AN ARPT VEHICLE ONTO RWY 14 WITHOUT COORD WITH THE LCL CTLR. A CESSNA SHORT FINAL WAS SENT AROUND.

Narrative: I WAS WORKING LCL CTL. A SUPVR WAS WORKING GND CTL, CLRNC DELIVERY AND FLT DATA COMBINED. A CESSNA HAD DONE 4 TOUCH AND GOES ON RWY 32 AND WAS MID-FIELD DOWNWIND FOR A FULL STOP LNDG. I ASKED THE CESSNA FOR A SHORT APCH SO AS NOT TO DELAY THE BONANZA. I CLRED THE CESSNA TO LAND ON RWY 32. THE CESSNA WAS NOW ON SHORT FINAL FOR RWY 32 AND ASKED WHAT WAS ON THE RWY. A TRUCK WAS ABOUT 1/3 OF THE WAY DOWN RWY 14. I SENT THE CESSNA AROUND. I TURNED TO THE GND CTLR AND SAID 'YOU REALLY NEED TO TELL ME WHEN YOU PUT A TRUCK ON THE RWY.' THE CTLR LOOKED UP FROM THE MAGAZINE HE WAS READING AND TOOK THE ARPT VEHICLE THAT HE HAD CLRED ONTO THE RWY OFF. FACTORS: NIGHTTIME, THE TRUCK WAS TRAVELING AT R ANGLES TO ME AND WAS NEARLY INVISIBLE FROM THE TWR. INATTENTION. PROCS, I BELIEVE VEHICLES ON THE RWY SHOULD TALK TO LCL NOT GND.

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.