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Small transport X had less than standard separation with airport vehicle cleared to cross active runway. System error.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 205697 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199203 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : ric |
| State Reference | VA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller non radar : 3 controller radar : 12 controller supervisory : 1 |
| ASRS Report | 205697 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : ground |
| Qualification | controller : non radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground less severe non adherence : published procedure non adherence : required legal separation |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | faa : investigated |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 4000 vertical : 0 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Inter Facility Coordination Failure Operational Error |
Narrative:
An small aircraft was low approach on runway 34. Small transport X was in position and hold runway 2 waiting for small aircraft to execute miss. Jet traffic on 10 mi final runway 2. Ground control was told to expedite airport vehicle across runway 2. Ground control delayed in crossing clearance until after small transport X began takeoff roll. Recorded line not used for coordination, so no proof of intentional (or inadvertent) delay in crossing clearance. Small transport X commented on vehicle crossing as he began takeoff roll. 4000 ft (approximately). No evasive action necessary. I did not know ground control had delayed crossing until said something. I was on temporary promotion (120 days) to assistant air traffic manager and had been told to recertify the day before to avoid paying overtime for a controller on sick leave. Ground control atcs has had 2 errors within past yr, so error has been left strictly local.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SMT X HAD LTSS WITH ARPT VEHICLE CLRED TO CROSS ACTIVE RWY. SYS ERROR.
Narrative: AN SMA WAS LOW APCH ON RWY 34. SMT X WAS IN POS AND HOLD RWY 2 WAITING FOR SMA TO EXECUTE MISS. JET TFC ON 10 MI FINAL RWY 2. GND CTL WAS TOLD TO EXPEDITE ARPT VEHICLE ACROSS RWY 2. GND CTL DELAYED IN XING CLRNC UNTIL AFTER SMT X BEGAN TKOF ROLL. RECORDED LINE NOT USED FOR COORD, SO NO PROOF OF INTENTIONAL (OR INADVERTENT) DELAY IN XING CLRNC. SMT X COMMENTED ON VEHICLE XING AS HE BEGAN TKOF ROLL. 4000 FT (APPROX). NO EVASIVE ACTION NECESSARY. I DID NOT KNOW GND CTL HAD DELAYED XING UNTIL SAID SOMETHING. I WAS ON TEMPORARY PROMOTION (120 DAYS) TO ASSISTANT AIR TFC MGR AND HAD BEEN TOLD TO RECERTIFY THE DAY BEFORE TO AVOID PAYING OVERTIME FOR A CTLR ON SICK LEAVE. GND CTL ATCS HAS HAD 2 ERRORS WITHIN PAST YR, SO ERROR HAS BEEN LEFT STRICTLY LCL.
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.