Narrative:

Aircraft departed runway 24L, encountered problems, landed gear up on remaining runway. Unable to contact pilot. Notified airport rescue aircraft had crashed. No response!! Renotified rescue and asked them if they were going to respond. Rescue sent 1 vehicle, the ramp captain. (Airport has 3 separate fire stations.) pilot not in aircraft. Found 1/2-3/4 mi back down runway walking to closest FBO. Fire trucks finally roll 20-30 min later after crew change, I believe. Recommend: crew change at fire stations not occur at same time!!! Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following: the reporter stated he was working the flight data position at the time of the incident and was not part of the incident investigation. He did not hear what was said between the pilot and the local controller. He said the tower supervisor notified the airport management over the alert system but did not say the aircraft had crashed. He thinks the supervisor said 'we had an aircraft run off the runway we can't talk to him will you go out and check.' the anc facility plans and programs officer stated that when notifying the emergency equipment the tower uses the alert phone and states the aircraft problem, and the position of the aircraft. The emergency dispatcher decides how many trucks to send and to where. With this incident the local controller told the supervisor that aircraft X had aborted and communication could not be established. Everything looked like a normal abort with the aircraft sitting in the middle of the runway with its lights on. The supervisor asked the emergency equipment to check on the aircraft and they sent one truck and then called other equipment when they discovered the aircraft was sitting on the runway with its landing gear up. The aircraft was 1000 pounds over gross. The LOA between the tower and airport management is being revised to update alert procedure.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LATE RESPONSE OF EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT TO ACFT ACCIDENT.

Narrative: ACFT DEPARTED RWY 24L, ENCOUNTERED PROBLEMS, LANDED GEAR UP ON REMAINING RWY. UNABLE TO CONTACT PLT. NOTIFIED ARPT RESCUE ACFT HAD CRASHED. NO RESPONSE!! RENOTIFIED RESCUE AND ASKED THEM IF THEY WERE GOING TO RESPOND. RESCUE SENT 1 VEHICLE, THE RAMP CAPT. (ARPT HAS 3 SEPARATE FIRE STATIONS.) PLT NOT IN ACFT. FOUND 1/2-3/4 MI BACK DOWN RWY WALKING TO CLOSEST FBO. FIRE TRUCKS FINALLY ROLL 20-30 MIN LATER AFTER CREW CHANGE, I BELIEVE. RECOMMEND: CREW CHANGE AT FIRE STATIONS NOT OCCUR AT SAME TIME!!! CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH REPORTER REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: THE REPORTER STATED HE WAS WORKING THE FLT DATA POSITION AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT AND WAS NOT PART OF THE INCIDENT INVESTIGATION. HE DID NOT HEAR WHAT WAS SAID BETWEEN THE PLT AND THE LCL CTLR. HE SAID THE TWR SUPVR NOTIFIED THE ARPT MGMNT OVER THE ALERT SYSTEM BUT DID NOT SAY THE ACFT HAD CRASHED. HE THINKS THE SUPVR SAID 'WE HAD AN ACFT RUN OFF THE RWY WE CAN'T TALK TO HIM WILL YOU GO OUT AND CHECK.' THE ANC FAC PLANS AND PROGRAMS OFFICER STATED THAT WHEN NOTIFYING THE EMER EQUIPMENT THE TWR USES THE ALERT PHONE AND STATES THE ACFT PROBLEM, AND THE POSITION OF THE ACFT. THE EMER DISPATCHER DECIDES HOW MANY TRUCKS TO SEND AND TO WHERE. WITH THIS INCIDENT THE LCL CTLR TOLD THE SUPVR THAT ACFT X HAD ABORTED AND COM COULD NOT BE ESTABLISHED. EVERYTHING LOOKED LIKE A NORMAL ABORT WITH THE ACFT SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RWY WITH ITS LIGHTS ON. THE SUPVR ASKED THE EMER EQUIPMENT TO CHECK ON THE ACFT AND THEY SENT ONE TRUCK AND THEN CALLED OTHER EQUIPMENT WHEN THEY DISCOVERED THE ACFT WAS SITTING ON THE RWY WITH ITS LNDG GEAR UP. THE ACFT WAS 1000 LBS OVER GROSS. THE LOA BETWEEN THE TWR AND ARPT MGMNT IS BEING REVISED TO UPDATE ALERT PROC.

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.