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B727 is cleared to cross runway 34R at slc while flight on final; unable to contact tower; is approaching the threshold.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 676138 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200510 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : slc.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : slc.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : slc.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent other landing : go around |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 676138 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 140 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 2100 |
| ASRS Report | 676430 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground less severe incursion : runway non adherence : required legal separation |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : executed go around |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | ATC Human Performance Airport Weather Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Ambiguous |
Narrative:
After advising slc tower unable to takeoff runway 34R due to tailwind; tower advised everyone on frequency that we were turning around the airport. After a long silence; we were instructed to cross runway 34R and turn left on taxiway P; hold short of runway 32. We began to cross seeing traffic on final approach and no advisory. We believed they were overflying. Then a frantic call came across saying they had been trying to call and they were going around. Then a controller came on and asked us our location on airfield. We replied crossing runway 34R at taxiway M. The controller said; 'I am sorry; that was my fault.' we proceeded without incident to runway 17. The go around flight crossed overhead at approximately 300 ft AGL and had never been given clearance to land. We believe there was a controller change from a female controller to a male controller.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B727 IS CLRED TO CROSS RWY 34R AT SLC WHILE FLT ON FINAL; UNABLE TO CONTACT TWR; IS APCHING THE THRESHOLD.
Narrative: AFTER ADVISING SLC TWR UNABLE TO TKOF RWY 34R DUE TO TAILWIND; TWR ADVISED EVERYONE ON FREQ THAT WE WERE TURNING AROUND THE ARPT. AFTER A LONG SILENCE; WE WERE INSTRUCTED TO CROSS RWY 34R AND TURN L ON TXWY P; HOLD SHORT OF RWY 32. WE BEGAN TO CROSS SEEING TFC ON FINAL APCH AND NO ADVISORY. WE BELIEVED THEY WERE OVERFLYING. THEN A FRANTIC CALL CAME ACROSS SAYING THEY HAD BEEN TRYING TO CALL AND THEY WERE GOING AROUND. THEN A CTLR CAME ON AND ASKED US OUR LOCATION ON AIRFIELD. WE REPLIED XING RWY 34R AT TXWY M. THE CTLR SAID; 'I AM SORRY; THAT WAS MY FAULT.' WE PROCEEDED WITHOUT INCIDENT TO RWY 17. THE GAR FLT CROSSED OVERHEAD AT APPROX 300 FT AGL AND HAD NEVER BEEN GIVEN CLRNC TO LAND. WE BELIEVE THERE WAS A CTLR CHANGE FROM A FEMALE CTLR TO A MALE CTLR.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.