Runway incursion air carrier X issued go around after reporting aircraft on runway. System error.

Attributes
ACN	294340
Time
Date	199412
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : lih
State Reference	HI
Altitude	msl bound lower : 50 msl bound upper : 50
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : lih
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-9 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing : go around
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
ASRS Report	294340
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : ground
Qualification	controller : non radar
Events
Anomaly	incursion : runway non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance other other
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 6000 vertical : 50
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Air carrier X reported vehicle on runway. I told aircraft to go around. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter stated the vehicle had been cleared by ground control to check some runway lights and coordination with the local controller had not been performed. Vehicle was clear of runway but appeared to be on runway to dc-9 flight crew on final approach. Building hides 600 ft of runway, so reporter issued a go around, not knowing if there was a vehicle on runway.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RWY INCURSION ACR X ISSUED GAR AFTER RPTING ACFT ON RWY. SYS ERROR.

Narrative: ACR X RPTED VEHICLE ON RWY. I TOLD ACFT TO GAR. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN CLRED BY GND CTL TO CHK SOME RWY LIGHTS AND COORD WITH THE LCL CTLR HAD NOT BEEN PERFORMED. VEHICLE WAS CLR OF RWY BUT APPEARED TO BE ON RWY TO DC-9 FLC ON FINAL APCH. BUILDING HIDES 600 FT OF RWY, SO RPTR ISSUED A GAR, NOT KNOWING IF THERE WAS A VEHICLE ON RWY.

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.