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Flight crew of a B737 rejected takeoff clearance when they observed a super MD80 start crossing the runway 1000 ft in front of them.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 467421 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200003 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : fll.airport |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : position and hold |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : fll.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : multi engine pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 7500 flight time type : 2500 |
| ASRS Report | 467421 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground less severe incursion : runway non adherence : required legal separation non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : rejected takeoff other |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 1000 |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | ATC Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Operational Error Intra Facility Coordination Failure |
Narrative:
Cleared into position and hold on runway 27R, we waited for takeoff clearance. Tower called us and cleared us for takeoff as we watched another air carrier power up (we could see his exhaust) to cross the runway at B5 (about 1000 ft in front of us). We rejected the takeoff clearance as we watched the other aircraft taxi in front of us. We were on tower frequency. Air carrier Y was on ground frequency. Tower acknowledged the mistake as theirs and told us to hold position. If air carrier Y was any farther away from us, we may not have seen them power up and would have had to reject the takeoff with possible disastrous results. Because we could see everything as it happened in front of us, there was no conflict. More care needs to be taken when crossing an aircraft across an active runway or split frequencys.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A B737 REJECTED TKOF CLRNC WHEN THEY OBSERVED A SUPER MD80 START XING THE RWY 1000 FT IN FRONT OF THEM.
Narrative: CLRED INTO POS AND HOLD ON RWY 27R, WE WAITED FOR TKOF CLRNC. TWR CALLED US AND CLRED US FOR TKOF AS WE WATCHED ANOTHER ACR PWR UP (WE COULD SEE HIS EXHAUST) TO CROSS THE RWY AT B5 (ABOUT 1000 FT IN FRONT OF US). WE REJECTED THE TKOF CLRNC AS WE WATCHED THE OTHER ACFT TAXI IN FRONT OF US. WE WERE ON TWR FREQ. ACR Y WAS ON GND FREQ. TWR ACKNOWLEDGED THE MISTAKE AS THEIRS AND TOLD US TO HOLD POS. IF ACR Y WAS ANY FARTHER AWAY FROM US, WE MAY NOT HAVE SEEN THEM PWR UP AND WOULD HAVE HAD TO REJECT THE TKOF WITH POSSIBLE DISASTROUS RESULTS. BECAUSE WE COULD SEE EVERYTHING AS IT HAPPENED IN FRONT OF US, THERE WAS NO CONFLICT. MORE CARE NEEDS TO BE TAKEN WHEN XING AN ACFT ACROSS AN ACTIVE RWY OR SPLIT FREQS.
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.