Bjc ground controller reported observing an aircraft departing from an active runway at the same tim...

Attributes
ACN	1379459
Time
Date	201608
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	BJC.Airport
State Reference	CO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft High Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	VFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Ground
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 8
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Incursion Runway

Narrative:

Aircraft X requested taxi instructions from the fuel ramp to runway 2. Our winds were favoring that runway which is why he requested it. I taxied him and told him to hold short of runway 12L at bravo. Once he was there holding short I instructed him to contact tower. Tower knew ahead of time what his request was. The tower local controller uses a pad instead of strips to keep track of aircraft. I was talking to a few more aircraft at the time which were given taxi instructions to cross runway 2. Ground control has coordination in place to cross runway 2 until tower needs it for departures and then we coordinate for full length to tower. I happen to scan back towards taxiway alpha and runway 12L and see aircraft X departing runway 2 without coordination for the runway. I had to immediately stop and hold short aircraft Y who was a few feet from crossing runway 2. If I had not done this there would have been a collision. I yelled at the tower controller saying he did not coordinate for that runway and I had a guy crossing. His response was 'I know.' I recommend that our airport is required to use strips instead of a pad. I recommend retraining on coordination procedures with ground control. I recommend he reviews the procedures and has to give a briefing to management on his responsibilities for coordination.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: BJC Ground Controller reported observing an aircraft departing from an active runway at the same time he had an aircraft taxiing across the runway.

Narrative: Aircraft X requested taxi instructions from the fuel ramp to Runway 2. Our winds were favoring that runway which is why he requested it. I taxied him and told him to hold short of Runway 12L at Bravo. Once he was there holding short I instructed him to contact tower. Tower knew ahead of time what his request was. The tower Local Controller uses a pad instead of strips to keep track of aircraft. I was talking to a few more aircraft at the time which were given taxi instructions to cross runway 2. Ground Control has coordination in place to cross runway 2 until tower needs it for departures and then we coordinate for full length to tower. I happen to scan back towards Taxiway Alpha and Runway 12L and see Aircraft X departing Runway 2 without coordination for the runway. I had to immediately stop and hold short Aircraft Y who was a few feet from crossing runway 2. If I had not done this there would have been a collision. I yelled at the Tower controller saying he did not coordinate for that runway and I had a guy crossing. His response was 'I know.' I recommend that our airport is required to use strips instead of a pad. I recommend retraining on coordination procedures with Ground Control. I recommend he reviews the procedures and has to give a briefing to management on his responsibilities for coordination.

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.

Bjc ground controller reported observing an aircraft departing from an active runway at the same time he had an aircraft taxiing across the runway.