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ATCT local controller forgot about number 2 of a flight of 2 cessna's, landing a LR55 when the second cessna had not yet cleared the runway. LR55 had to take evasive actions not to hit the cessna on the runway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 418362 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199810 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ads |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Cessna Single Piston Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Experience | controller military : 4 controller non radar : 15 |
| ASRS Report | 418362 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical non adherence : published procedure non adherence : required legal separation other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Consequence | faa : investigated |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 2000 vertical : 0 |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | Operational Error |
Narrative:
Loss of separation on runway 33 at ads airport. The small cessna was part of a flight of 2 cessna's. He was aircraft #2. Flight leader aircraft #1 (X) informed tower they were a flight and that aircraft #2 (Y) had no radio or electrical. Later on, a learjet was sequenced behind the flight. Flight leader landed but controller forgot it was a flight of 2 and forgot about aircraft #2. Then the learjet (aircraft Z) landed and barely stopped before running into aircraft #2 from behind. Controller at fault but...special circumstances. Why is anyone flying a plane at night without lights. Review of radar tape shows aircraft #2 more than 1 mi behind aircraft #1. Aircraft #1 had landed, taxied off runway, talked to ground control and was taxiing to ramp...not taking care of the rest of his flight which was still landing. Since aircraft #2 had no electrical, therefore, no transponder, the d-brite scope rarely displays a target.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ATCT LCL CTLR FORGOT ABOUT NUMBER 2 OF A FLT OF 2 CESSNA'S, LNDG A LR55 WHEN THE SECOND CESSNA HAD NOT YET CLRED THE RWY. LR55 HAD TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTIONS NOT TO HIT THE CESSNA ON THE RWY.
Narrative: LOSS OF SEPARATION ON RWY 33 AT ADS ARPT. THE SMALL CESSNA WAS PART OF A FLT OF 2 CESSNA'S. HE WAS ACFT #2. FLT LEADER ACFT #1 (X) INFORMED TWR THEY WERE A FLT AND THAT ACFT #2 (Y) HAD NO RADIO OR ELECTRICAL. LATER ON, A LEARJET WAS SEQUENCED BEHIND THE FLT. FLT LEADER LANDED BUT CTLR FORGOT IT WAS A FLT OF 2 AND FORGOT ABOUT ACFT #2. THEN THE LEARJET (ACFT Z) LANDED AND BARELY STOPPED BEFORE RUNNING INTO ACFT #2 FROM BEHIND. CTLR AT FAULT BUT...SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES. WHY IS ANYONE FLYING A PLANE AT NIGHT WITHOUT LIGHTS. REVIEW OF RADAR TAPE SHOWS ACFT #2 MORE THAN 1 MI BEHIND ACFT #1. ACFT #1 HAD LANDED, TAXIED OFF RWY, TALKED TO GND CTL AND WAS TAXIING TO RAMP...NOT TAKING CARE OF THE REST OF HIS FLT WHICH WAS STILL LNDG. SINCE ACFT #2 HAD NO ELECTRICAL, THEREFORE, NO XPONDER, THE D-BRITE SCOPE RARELY DISPLAYS A TARGET.
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.