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Vehicle on airport presents hazard to helicopter cleared for takeoff. Tower warned pilot. Takeoff aborted.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 234534 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199302 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dvt |
| State Reference | AZ |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | other |
| Make Model Name | Helicopter |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff other |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Qualification | controller : non radar |
| Experience | controller non radar : 11 |
| ASRS Report | 234534 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : rejected takeoff other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 10 vertical : 0 |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| Airport | procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
I had cleared the sheriff's department helicopter for takeoff from the helipad when I noticed a truck cutting off his takeoff from behind. I warned the pilot and he aborted his takeoff. There are an awful lot of drivers on this airport who don't have a clue about procedures. They need training. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter states he has made reports to tower chief but believes report is watered down by time it gets to airport manager. It was suggested that he use the FAA hotline so he would not appear to be going over the tower chief's head. Very grateful for our input with previous problem when taxiway repeatedly being used for landing after being paved. Nobody paid attention to complaints until our FYI was issued. Hopes we can do the same again.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: VEHICLE ON ARPT PRESENTS HAZARD TO HELI CLRED FOR TKOF. TWR WARNED PLT. TKOF ABORTED.
Narrative: I HAD CLRED THE SHERIFF'S DEPT HELI FOR TKOF FROM THE HELIPAD WHEN I NOTICED A TRUCK CUTTING OFF HIS TKOF FROM BEHIND. I WARNED THE PLT AND HE ABORTED HIS TKOF. THERE ARE AN AWFUL LOT OF DRIVERS ON THIS ARPT WHO DON'T HAVE A CLUE ABOUT PROCS. THEY NEED TRAINING. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES HE HAS MADE RPTS TO TWR CHIEF BUT BELIEVES RPT IS WATERED DOWN BY TIME IT GETS TO ARPT MGR. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT HE USE THE FAA HOTLINE SO HE WOULD NOT APPEAR TO BE GOING OVER THE TWR CHIEF'S HEAD. VERY GRATEFUL FOR OUR INPUT WITH PREVIOUS PROB WHEN TXWY REPEATEDLY BEING USED FOR LNDG AFTER BEING PAVED. NOBODY PAID ATTN TO COMPLAINTS UNTIL OUR FYI WAS ISSUED. HOPES WE CAN DO THE SAME AGAIN.
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.