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Tower controller and operations vehicle operator reported the controller cleared an aircraft for takeoff while the vehicle was still on the runway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1543437 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201805 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | MLU.Airport |
| State Reference | LA |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Takeoff |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Local |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Airport Personnel Vehicle Driver |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Incursion Runway |
Narrative:
I gave operations 2 a full length runway check from runway 04 to runway 22. A few minutes had passed and aircraft X called ready to depart runway 22 and I mistakenly was looking at another operations vehicle near the runway 22 localizer building and did not see the operations vehicle on the runway was still doing something at the approach end of runway 22. The C172 took off and the operations vehicle alerted me he was still on the runway.I was burnt out from a long and busy session prior to this session. It was my fault. We were slow and the operations vehicle took longer than I was expecting and I really did not see he was still out there. I was looking at another vehicle. I was not in the best frame of mind as we were busy earlier and I tried to get some training done and we had minimal staffing so I had to stay in cab as local/controller in charge or there would have been no training for the day; and I should have taken a longer break. I have warned trainees to be careful with operations 3 as he takes forever to finish a runway check and you will forget he is out there if you don't watch him. I didn't follow my own advice today.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Tower Controller and Operations Vehicle operator reported the Controller cleared an aircraft for takeoff while the vehicle was still on the runway.
Narrative: I gave OPS 2 a full length runway check from Runway 04 to Runway 22. A few minutes had passed and Aircraft X called ready to depart Runway 22 and I mistakenly was looking at another OPS vehicle near the Runway 22 localizer building and did not see the OPS vehicle on the runway was still doing something at the approach end of Runway 22. The C172 took off and the OPS vehicle alerted me he was still on the runway.I was burnt out from a long and busy session prior to this session. It was my fault. We were slow and the OPS vehicle took longer than I was expecting and I really did not see he was still out there. I was looking at another vehicle. I was not in the best frame of mind as we were busy earlier and I tried to get some training done and we had minimal staffing so I had to stay in cab as local/CIC or there would have been no training for the day; and I should have taken a longer break. I have warned trainees to be careful with OPS 3 as he takes forever to finish a runway check and you will forget he is out there if you don't watch him. I didn't follow my own advice today.
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.