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Dc-9 aircraft reporter captain believes there are too many aircraft spaced too close landing and departing dca.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 403977 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199806 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dca |
| State Reference | DC |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : dca |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff descent : approach landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 240 |
| ASRS Report | 403977 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : airborne less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| Airport | other physical facility procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
This tower constantly creates unsafe situation with close conflicts with intersecting runways and close departures from same runways. Way too many gars at last second. Good operating practice and common sense have given way to maximum takeoffs and lndgs per hour. Please come and observe flight operations on a clear day (more like an air show). Dca is where it will happen.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: DC-9 ACFT RPTR CAPT BELIEVES THERE ARE TOO MANY ACFT SPACED TOO CLOSE LNDG AND DEPARTING DCA.
Narrative: THIS TWR CONSTANTLY CREATES UNSAFE SIT WITH CLOSE CONFLICTS WITH INTERSECTING RWYS AND CLOSE DEPS FROM SAME RWYS. WAY TOO MANY GARS AT LAST SECOND. GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE AND COMMON SENSE HAVE GIVEN WAY TO MAX TKOFS AND LNDGS PER HR. PLEASE COME AND OBSERVE FLT OPS ON A CLR DAY (MORE LIKE AN AIR SHOW). DCA IS WHERE IT WILL HAPPEN.
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.