An air carrier jet was cleared to taxi from the bur passenger terminal across runway 8 to taxiway a ...

Narrative:

Holding short of runway 08 facing west abeam gate xx; we were cleared to cross runway 08; taxiway alpha; to runway 15. There was another carrier's jet abeam the terminal to our west. This obscured our view of the arrival end of runway 08 and was also in the normal taxi route to cross 8 to alpha to 15. Additionally; there was jet traffic on final to runway 08 five miles out or so. After cleared to cross 8 by ground control; we made an oblique turn to cross the runway. Final traffic was in sight and the runway as far as we could see was clear. After crossing about 1/3 of the way across the runway; a light twin appeared to our left climbing out after takeoff. He crossed abeam/over at approximately 200 ft. We queried ground and confirmed that we had been cleared to cross and received affirmation. Talking further with ground; he said that the departing aircraft had not said anything about us crossing in front of his takeoff roll; which leads me to believe that he had already rotated and could not see us due to his deck angle. The positioning of all three aircraft (ours; the other carrier and the twin rotating) set up a situation where the two planes actively involved could not have taken action to prevent a mishap had the takeoff roll been a little longer. Possibly give control over crossing runway 8 to tower instead of ground control because there was obviously a miscommunication error. Additionally; had we been on tower frequency we would have heard the twin being cleared for takeoff greatly increasing our situational awareness.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An Air Carrier jet was cleared to taxi from the BUR passenger terminal across Runway 8 to Taxiway A and reported light twin departed on Runway 8 overflying them by 200 FT. Ground lost track of the Tower's light twin clearance.

Narrative: Holding short of Runway 08 facing west abeam Gate XX; we were cleared to cross Runway 08; Taxiway Alpha; to Runway 15. There was another carrier's jet abeam the terminal to our west. This obscured our view of the arrival end of Runway 08 and was also in the normal taxi route to cross 8 to Alpha to 15. Additionally; there was jet traffic on final to Runway 08 five miles out or so. After cleared to cross 8 by Ground Control; we made an oblique turn to cross the runway. Final traffic was in sight and the runway as far as we could see was clear. After crossing about 1/3 of the way across the runway; a light Twin appeared to our left climbing out after takeoff. He crossed abeam/over at approximately 200 FT. We queried Ground and confirmed that we had been cleared to cross and received affirmation. Talking further with Ground; he said that the departing aircraft had not said anything about us crossing in front of his takeoff roll; which leads me to believe that he had already rotated and could not see us due to his deck angle. The positioning of all three aircraft (ours; the other carrier and the Twin rotating) set up a situation where the two planes actively involved could not have taken action to prevent a mishap had the takeoff roll been a little longer. Possibly give control over crossing Runway 8 to Tower instead of Ground Control because there was obviously a miscommunication error. Additionally; had we been on Tower frequency we would have heard the Twin being cleared for takeoff greatly increasing our situational awareness.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

Attributes
ACN	1096756
Time
Date	201306
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	BUR.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft Low Wing 2 Eng Retractable Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 217
Person 2
Function	First Officer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 161 Flight Crew Type 7000
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural Clearance Ground Incursion Runway
Miss Distance	Vertical 200

An air carrier jet was cleared to taxi from the bur passenger terminal across runway 8 to taxiway a and reported light twin departed on runway 8 overflying them by 200 ft. Ground lost track of the tower's light twin clearance.