Narrative:

I was working ground control when the local controller had small aircraft X land runway 34. Small aircraft X stopped at the intersection of runway 3 and runway 34. Awaiting instructions to turn on runway 3. The second aircraft, small aircraft Y, landed and rolled out with small aircraft X still on the runway. The intersection in question is 1950 ft from the threshold of runway 34. The local controller in my opinion had a number of factors which distracted him and he never issued a go around. He also did not report this error to the best of my knowledge. The pilot of small aircraft Y was a student and was talking slowly on the frequency. This frustrated the local controller and he has a temper. His string of expletives off the air wasted time and distracted him during a busy period of traffic. The first aircraft, small aircraft X, stopped on the runway awaiting instructions to turn on runway 3. We use this runway as a high speed taxiway quite often and pilots expect to turn there but get confused if they don't hear the instruction from the controller. Supplemental information from acn 226150: I was on duty at ogden tower. I was on a break and seated in the back of the tower cabin attendant engaged in conversation with another controller. I heard the local controller lose his temper and burst into a fit. He used profanity and threw a pair of binoculars. On nov.xx.92 I was notified that this controller had an operational error losing separation on the runway. Supplemental information from acn 226324: I was controller in charge on the morning shift. There was supposedly a separation error that occurred. I was standing on the catwalk outside the cabin attendant talking to a fellow controller who had asked me to come outside. There were 8 people in the cabin attendant and one of them was an instructor pilot. To alleviate some of the congestion, I went out on the catwalk (the catwalk door was open). I then went downstairs to the restroom. The separation error occurred. I did not see it nor did anyone tell me about it. I found out on sun and determined that the controller who told me should tell management if the controller who had the error did not turn himself in. On mon, which was the first day either one of us saw our manager since the occurrence, he was informed of what happened. The manager then began to take action.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMA Y LANDED ON OCCUPIED RWY HAD LTSS FROM SMA X. PLTDEV. SYS ERROR.

Narrative: I WAS WORKING GND CTL WHEN THE LCL CTLR HAD SMA X LAND RWY 34. SMA X STOPPED AT THE INTXN OF RWY 3 AND RWY 34. AWAITING INSTRUCTIONS TO TURN ON RWY 3. THE SECOND ACFT, SMA Y, LANDED AND ROLLED OUT WITH SMA X STILL ON THE RWY. THE INTXN IN QUESTION IS 1950 FT FROM THE THRESHOLD OF RWY 34. THE LCL CTLR IN MY OPINION HAD A NUMBER OF FACTORS WHICH DISTRACTED HIM AND HE NEVER ISSUED A GAR. HE ALSO DID NOT RPT THIS ERROR TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE. THE PLT OF SMA Y WAS A STUDENT AND WAS TALKING SLOWLY ON THE FREQ. THIS FRUSTRATED THE LCL CTLR AND HE HAS A TEMPER. HIS STRING OF EXPLETIVES OFF THE AIR WASTED TIME AND DISTRACTED HIM DURING A BUSY PERIOD OF TFC. THE FIRST ACFT, SMA X, STOPPED ON THE RWY AWAITING INSTRUCTIONS TO TURN ON RWY 3. WE USE THIS RWY AS A HIGH SPD TAXIWAY QUITE OFTEN AND PLTS EXPECT TO TURN THERE BUT GET CONFUSED IF THEY DON'T HEAR THE INSTRUCTION FROM THE CTLR. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 226150: I WAS ON DUTY AT OGDEN TWR. I WAS ON A BREAK AND SEATED IN THE BACK OF THE TWR CAB ENGAGED IN CONVERSATION WITH ANOTHER CTLR. I HEARD THE LCL CTLR LOSE HIS TEMPER AND BURST INTO A FIT. HE USED PROFANITY AND THREW A PAIR OF BINOCULARS. ON NOV.XX.92 I WAS NOTIFIED THAT THIS CTLR HAD AN OPERROR LOSING SEPARATION ON THE RWY. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 226324: I WAS CIC ON THE MORNING SHIFT. THERE WAS SUPPOSEDLY A SEPARATION ERROR THAT OCCURRED. I WAS STANDING ON THE CATWALK OUTSIDE THE CAB TALKING TO A FELLOW CTLR WHO HAD ASKED ME TO COME OUTSIDE. THERE WERE 8 PEOPLE IN THE CAB AND ONE OF THEM WAS AN INSTRUCTOR PLT. TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE CONGESTION, I WENT OUT ON THE CATWALK (THE CATWALK DOOR WAS OPEN). I THEN WENT DOWNSTAIRS TO THE RESTROOM. THE SEPARATION ERROR OCCURRED. I DID NOT SEE IT NOR DID ANYONE TELL ME ABOUT IT. I FOUND OUT ON SUN AND DETERMINED THAT THE CTLR WHO TOLD ME SHOULD TELL MGMNT IF THE CTLR WHO HAD THE ERROR DID NOT TURN HIMSELF IN. ON MON, WHICH WAS THE FIRST DAY EITHER ONE OF US SAW OUR MGR SINCE THE OCCURRENCE, HE WAS INFORMED OF WHAT HAPPENED. THE MGR THEN BEGAN TO TAKE ACTION.

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.