Air carrier medium large transport taxies onto active runway into path of small transport on approac...

Attributes
ACN	142110
Time
Date	199004
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lih
State Reference	HI
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : lax
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Recip Eng
Flight Phase	cruise other descent : approach
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 4200 flight time type : 1050
ASRS Report	142110
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground less severe incursion : runway
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : took evasive action other
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 500 vertical : 500
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Ambiguous
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

As we taxied for takeoff at runway 3 at lih, lih ground told us to taxi into position and hold, make lih 5 departure, and monitor the tower. As we pulled onto runway 3 (3 and 35 were active), we heard an aircraft ask tower if the medium large transport was going into position. I looked back to my 5 O'clock position to see an small transport on a close-in base. We immediately cleared the runway as the tower told the small transport to go around. We immediately told the tower we heard we were cleared into position. His reply was, 'well, I guess you heard wrong.' it's common practice at this tower to have the local controller working both tower and ground frequencys. West/O making assumptions, there were 3 airlines inbound for runway 35--2 on the ground, 1 about to back-taxi on our runway--that we could monitor visually. The light aircraft was on left base for runway 3. We could neither see nor hear until monitoring tower. A contributing factor is certainly 1 controller working 2 frequencys so that we were not totally aware of the traffic situation. One of our company aircraft was on final approach at this time, hearing both ground and tower, and stated he heard us cleared into position.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR MLG TAXIES ONTO ACTIVE RWY INTO PATH OF SMT ON APCH.

Narrative: AS WE TAXIED FOR TKOF AT RWY 3 AT LIH, LIH GND TOLD US TO TAXI INTO POS AND HOLD, MAKE LIH 5 DEP, AND MONITOR THE TWR. AS WE PULLED ONTO RWY 3 (3 AND 35 WERE ACTIVE), WE HEARD AN ACFT ASK TWR IF THE MLG WAS GOING INTO POS. I LOOKED BACK TO MY 5 O'CLOCK POS TO SEE AN SMT ON A CLOSE-IN BASE. WE IMMEDIATELY CLRED THE RWY AS THE TWR TOLD THE SMT TO GO AROUND. WE IMMEDIATELY TOLD THE TWR WE HEARD WE WERE CLRED INTO POS. HIS REPLY WAS, 'WELL, I GUESS YOU HEARD WRONG.' IT'S COMMON PRACTICE AT THIS TWR TO HAVE THE LCL CTLR WORKING BOTH TWR AND GND FREQS. W/O MAKING ASSUMPTIONS, THERE WERE 3 AIRLINES INBND FOR RWY 35--2 ON THE GND, 1 ABOUT TO BACK-TAXI ON OUR RWY--THAT WE COULD MONITOR VISUALLY. THE LIGHT ACFT WAS ON LEFT BASE FOR RWY 3. WE COULD NEITHER SEE NOR HEAR UNTIL MONITORING TWR. A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IS CERTAINLY 1 CTLR WORKING 2 FREQS SO THAT WE WERE NOT TOTALLY AWARE OF THE TFC SITUATION. ONE OF OUR COMPANY ACFT WAS ON FINAL APCH AT THIS TIME, HEARING BOTH GND AND TWR, AND STATED HE HEARD US CLRED INTO POS.

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.

Air carrier medium large transport taxies onto active runway into path of small transport on approach.