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Flight crew of an embraer regional jet E145 landed underneath a departing B727 on an intersecting runway. The reporter discovered the departing B727 while on short final and questioned the controller if they were still cleared to land, to which the controller replied that they were.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 400500 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199804 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ewr |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 300 agl bound upper : 600 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : ewr |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff climbout : initial |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | other other : other pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 220 flight time total : 3500 flight time type : 400 |
| ASRS Report | 400500 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : airborne less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 5000 vertical : 300 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Ewr was running 2 runway operation. Departing runway 4R landing runway 29 (ILS runway 4R circle at marker, land runway 29). We were issued landing clearance runway 29 at the runway 4R marker. We circled to runway 29 and upon reaching short final, noticed a B727 rolling runway 4R. I, PNF, queried local controller and he said that we were still cleared to land runway 29. At this point, the B727 was airborne and the only safe action was for us to continue, pass beneath the flight path of the departing B727 and land. Had we tried to go around, there would have been a traffic conflict. This is normal procedure at ewr. We should have accepted the landing clearance subject to there being no departing traffic on intersecting runway.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN EMBRAER REGIONAL JET E145 LANDED UNDERNEATH A DEPARTING B727 ON AN INTERSECTING RWY. THE RPTR DISCOVERED THE DEPARTING B727 WHILE ON SHORT FINAL AND QUESTIONED THE CTLR IF THEY WERE STILL CLRED TO LAND, TO WHICH THE CTLR REPLIED THAT THEY WERE.
Narrative: EWR WAS RUNNING 2 RWY OP. DEPARTING RWY 4R LNDG RWY 29 (ILS RWY 4R CIRCLE AT MARKER, LAND RWY 29). WE WERE ISSUED LNDG CLRNC RWY 29 AT THE RWY 4R MARKER. WE CIRCLED TO RWY 29 AND UPON REACHING SHORT FINAL, NOTICED A B727 ROLLING RWY 4R. I, PNF, QUERIED LCL CTLR AND HE SAID THAT WE WERE STILL CLRED TO LAND RWY 29. AT THIS POINT, THE B727 WAS AIRBORNE AND THE ONLY SAFE ACTION WAS FOR US TO CONTINUE, PASS BENEATH THE FLT PATH OF THE DEPARTING B727 AND LAND. HAD WE TRIED TO GAR, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A TFC CONFLICT. THIS IS NORMAL PROC AT EWR. WE SHOULD HAVE ACCEPTED THE LNDG CLRNC SUBJECT TO THERE BEING NO DEPARTING TFC ON INTERSECTING RWY.
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.