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Air carrier widebody transport flight crew gets clearance to taxi into position in front of landing traffic at fra.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 179918 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199105 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : fra |
| State Reference | FO |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Widebody, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : holding |
| Route In Use | enroute : other oceanic |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | approach : straight in |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 22000 |
| ASRS Report | 179918 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 5000 |
| ASRS Report | 179715 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
Frankfurt tower cleared flight into position to hold on runway 07L. Clearance was acknowledged and read back. Aircraft was then taxied onto departure end of runway 07L. Approximately 2-3 min later frankfurt tower advised us the clearance was to taxi into position 07L behind landing aircraft Y on 6 NM final. If the line up restriction was in the original clearance it was missed by the 3 crew members monitoring the frequency. The first officer read back the clearance 'taxi into position runway 07L and hold.' frankfurt tower did not correct the readback. European tower facs routinely clear aircraft into position on the runway behind landing aircraft. Usually this occurs with aircraft on short final and clearly visible. In this case prior to taking the runway, the crew visly checked the final approach course and ascertained it was clear. Aircraft on 6 mi final was not in sight. This type of situation has potential for an accident and should be stopped.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR WDB FLC GETS CLRNC TO TAXI INTO POSITION IN FRONT OF LNDG TRAFFIC AT FRA.
Narrative: FRANKFURT TWR CLRED FLT INTO POS TO HOLD ON RWY 07L. CLRNC WAS ACKNOWLEDGED AND READ BACK. ACFT WAS THEN TAXIED ONTO DEP END OF RWY 07L. APPROX 2-3 MIN LATER FRANKFURT TWR ADVISED US THE CLRNC WAS TO TAXI INTO POS 07L BEHIND LNDG ACFT Y ON 6 NM FINAL. IF THE LINE UP RESTRICTION WAS IN THE ORIGINAL CLRNC IT WAS MISSED BY THE 3 CREW MEMBERS MONITORING THE FREQ. THE F/O READ BACK THE CLRNC 'TAXI INTO POS RWY 07L AND HOLD.' FRANKFURT TWR DID NOT CORRECT THE READBACK. EUROPEAN TWR FACS ROUTINELY CLR ACFT INTO POS ON THE RWY BEHIND LNDG ACFT. USUALLY THIS OCCURS WITH ACFT ON SHORT FINAL AND CLRLY VISIBLE. IN THIS CASE PRIOR TO TAKING THE RWY, THE CREW VISLY CHKED THE FINAL APCH COURSE AND ASCERTAINED IT WAS CLR. ACFT ON 6 MI FINAL WAS NOT IN SIGHT. THIS TYPE OF SITUATION HAS POTENTIAL FOR AN ACCIDENT AND SHOULD BE STOPPED.
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.