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Air carrier medium large transport plus 3 other aircraft cleared to cross runway 4 then they hear tower clearance to aircraft on short final to go around.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 192225 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199110 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : hou |
| State Reference | TX |
| 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 | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground : holding ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach descent other |
| Route In Use | approach : straight in |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 115 flight time total : 3517 flight time type : 1482 |
| ASRS Report | 192225 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | incursion : runway |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | other other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 5000 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Operational Error Intra Facility Coordination Failure |
Narrative:
Holding short runway 4 on taxiway C with operations on runway 4, 30R, 35. Ground control cleared us to cross runway 4 along with 2 aircraft behind us. An airliner appeared to be on final about 10 mi out. As we were crossing runway 4 ground control supervisor came on (call sign blocked) 'aircraft 1 1/2 mi final.' as we exited runway 4 after crossing, light transport initiated go around. Without being able to hear tower controller (holding short with ground control), small aircraft close in looked like large aircraft far away. Ground control clearing 3 aircraft to cross runway simultaneously subconsciously supported this illusion.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR MLG PLUS 3 OTHER ACFT CLRED TO CROSS RWY 4 THEN THEY HEAR TWR CLRNC TO ACFT ON SHORT FINAL TO GAR.
Narrative: HOLDING SHORT RWY 4 ON TAXIWAY C WITH OPS ON RWY 4, 30R, 35. GND CTL CLRED US TO CROSS RWY 4 ALONG WITH 2 ACFT BEHIND US. AN AIRLINER APPEARED TO BE ON FINAL ABOUT 10 MI OUT. AS WE WERE XING RWY 4 GND CTL SUPVR CAME ON (CALL SIGN BLOCKED) 'ACFT 1 1/2 MI FINAL.' AS WE EXITED RWY 4 AFTER XING, LTT INITIATED GAR. WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO HEAR TWR CTLR (HOLDING SHORT WITH GND CTL), SMALL ACFT CLOSE IN LOOKED LIKE LARGE ACFT FAR AWAY. GND CTL CLRING 3 ACFT TO CROSS RWY SIMULTANEOUSLY SUBCONSCIOUSLY SUPPORTED THIS ILLUSION.
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.