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Pilot instructor examiner accident prevention counselor complaint of tower combining local and ground control operations and given IFR clrncs to aircraft in position for takeoff which is heard by all other aircraft on local control frequency.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 252469 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199309 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : saf |
| State Reference | NM |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : instructional |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear |
| Flight Phase | ground : holding ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | observation : observer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 14000 |
| ASRS Report | 252469 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
At approximately XX00 hours on sep/fri/93. Saf tower directed an small aircraft who was waiting for an IFR clearance to taxi onto the runway and hold in position for the clearance. All ground control activities, including IFR clearance have been and are continuing to be given on tower frequency (119.5 MHZ), tying up the frequency for emergency traffic as well as irritating (a danger in itself) flying and holding pilots. The controllers are so overworked that they are making many mistakes that they don't even realize. Having an airplane on the runway waiting for and receiving an IFR clearance while other aircraft are in the traffic pattern is very dangerous. We try to teach pilots to conserve radio time -- they don't have time to even make normal xmissions at saf because ground control has the frequencys tied up.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT INSTRUCTOR EXAMINER ACCIDENT PREVENTION COUNSELOR COMPLAINT OF TWR COMBINING LCL AND GND CTL OPS AND GIVEN IFR CLRNCS TO ACFT IN POS FOR TKOF WHICH IS HEARD BY ALL OTHER ACFT ON LCL CTL FREQ.
Narrative: AT APPROX XX00 HRS ON SEP/FRI/93. SAF TWR DIRECTED AN SMA WHO WAS WAITING FOR AN IFR CLRNC TO TAXI ONTO THE RWY AND HOLD IN POS FOR THE CLRNC. ALL GND CTL ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING IFR CLRNC HAVE BEEN AND ARE CONTINUING TO BE GIVEN ON TWR FREQ (119.5 MHZ), TYING UP THE FREQ FOR EMER TFC AS WELL AS IRRITATING (A DANGER IN ITSELF) FLYING AND HOLDING PLTS. THE CTLRS ARE SO OVERWORKED THAT THEY ARE MAKING MANY MISTAKES THAT THEY DON'T EVEN REALIZE. HAVING AN AIRPLANE ON THE RWY WAITING FOR AND RECEIVING AN IFR CLRNC WHILE OTHER ACFT ARE IN THE TFC PATTERN IS VERY DANGEROUS. WE TRY TO TEACH PLTS TO CONSERVE RADIO TIME -- THEY DON'T HAVE TIME TO EVEN MAKE NORMAL XMISSIONS AT SAF BECAUSE GND CTL HAS THE FREQS TIED UP.
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.