Shorts SHD3. Tower controller cleared aircraft to land over men and equipment working on the runway.

Attributes
ACN	404409
Time
Date	199806
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : btv
State Reference	VT
Altitude	agl bound lower : 50 agl bound upper : 50
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : btv tower : tmb
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Shorts SC7 Skyvan 3/3M
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	landing other
Route In Use	arrival other enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : radar pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : commercial
Experience	controller radar : 4 flight time total : 3300
ASRS Report	404409
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Operational Error

Narrative:

Working local and east arrival radar, airline XXX, an SHD3, entered airspace en route to plb. Aircraft checks on frequency and asks WX at btv then asks to go to btv instead of plb. Aircraft is vectored to ILS DME runway 33 approach and cleared to land. Aircraft landed over men and equipment on runway.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SHORTS SHD3. TWR CTLR CLRED ACFT TO LAND OVER MEN AND EQUIP WORKING ON THE RWY.

Narrative: WORKING LCL AND EAST ARR RADAR, AIRLINE XXX, AN SHD3, ENTERED AIRSPACE ENRTE TO PLB. ACFT CHKS ON FREQ AND ASKS WX AT BTV THEN ASKS TO GO TO BTV INSTEAD OF PLB. ACFT IS VECTORED TO ILS DME RWY 33 APCH AND CLRED TO LAND. ACFT LANDED OVER MEN AND EQUIP ON 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.