Dtw ground controller describes scenario where an aircraft crosses an active runway with a departure...

Attributes
ACN	1174192
Time
Date	201405
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	DTW.Airport
State Reference	MI
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Ground
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (mon) 5
Person 2
Function	First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Engineer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 14000 Flight Crew Type 339.29
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Incursion Runway

Narrative:

Aircraft X called ready for taxi and I told him 'runway 4R taxi via K-12; yankee cross runway 9L ATIS information is current' a standard taxi route we give every day on a north flow. He said something like 'K-12 cross runway 9L and we will pick up kilo.' I am positive he read back the correct runway to cross but I did not correct him on the incorrect ATIS code. He said that he was going to pick up the ATIS so I thought that would suffice; I then turned around to get the proposed departure strips from clearance delivery and put them in their assigned bays as is one of my duties as a ground controller. The asde-X alerted and I turned around to see that the aircraft had started to cross runway 4R at Y-12 and an air carrier was on departure roll. I told the pilot to speed up for traffic on the runway and continue across the runway as I thought this was the only option to get him off the runway in time. The local controller attempted to tell the departing carrier to abort takeoff but they were already lifting their nose-wheel off the ground. The departing carrier went over top of aircraft X which was still at least partially on the runway I think. One factor I believe was the fact that we are required to tell them to cross runway 9L even know that runway was and is almost always closed. I think this created confusion in the cockpit as to the fact that they were cleared across a runway.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DTW Ground Controller describes scenario where an aircraft crosses an active runway with a departure rolling down the runway. Pilot describes situation differently; where no aircraft deviation was required. Another Air Carrier over flew the taxiing aircraft.

Narrative: Aircraft X called ready for taxi and I told him 'RWY 4R taxi via K-12; Yankee cross RWY 9L ATIS information is current' A standard taxi route we give every day on a north flow. He said something like 'K-12 cross RWY 9L and we will pick up Kilo.' I am positive he read back the correct runway to cross but I did not correct him on the incorrect ATIS code. He said that he was going to pick up the ATIS so I thought that would suffice; I then turned around to get the proposed departure strips from CD and put them in their assigned bays as is one of my duties as a Ground Controller. The ASDE-X alerted and I turned around to see that the aircraft had started to cross RWY 4R at Y-12 and an Air Carrier was on departure roll. I told the pilot to speed up for traffic on the runway and continue across the runway as I thought this was the only option to get him off the runway in time. The Local Controller attempted to tell the departing carrier to abort takeoff but they were already lifting their nose-wheel off the ground. The departing carrier went over top of Aircraft X which was still at least partially on the runway I think. One factor I believe was the fact that we are required to tell them to cross RWY 9L even know that runway was and is almost always closed. I think this created confusion in the cockpit as to the fact that they were cleared across a runway.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.

Dtw ground controller describes scenario where an aircraft crosses an active runway with a departure rolling down the runway. Pilot describes situation differently; where no aircraft deviation was required. Another air carrier over flew the taxiing aircraft.