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ATCT intrafac coordination. One air carrier was cleared to cross a runway while another air carrier was beginning its takeoff roll.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 310048 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199507 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mem |
| State Reference | TN |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 550 |
| ASRS Report | 310048 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : second officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 70 flight time total : 6300 flight time type : 70 |
| ASRS Report | 310486 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | incursion : runway non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Intra Facility Coordination Failure Operational Error |
Narrative:
We taxied from the cargo ramp requesting runway 18R. We were instructed to taxi via taxiway Z to hold short of runway 27 on taxiway north. Upon reaching runway 27 ground control cleared us across. Unfortunately, unknown to us, an air carrier A300 had been cleared for takeoff. We crossed runway 27 at taxiway north as he, apparently, began his takeoff roll. We asked ground to confirm we had been cleared to cross and he acknowledged the fact. Obviously there was a mix-up between ground and the tower. Stop bars, as they have in europe and our larger airports, with a matching status board in the tower, would help prevent communication problems such as this. Supplemental information from acn 310486: upon reaching the runway, mem ground cleared us to taxi across the runway and to continue to taxi to runway 18R. While we were taxiing across, I noticed an airbus A300-600 which appeared to be departing on runway 27. We were cleared of the runway well before the airbus reached its rotational speed. Then we proceeded to inquire of mem ground about this situation. Mem ground did confirm that indeed we were cleared to taxi across runway 9/27 and attributed the departure of the airbus to poor coordination on their part between ground and tower.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ATCT INTRAFAC COORD. ONE ACR WAS CLRED TO CROSS A RWY WHILE ANOTHER ACR WAS BEGINNING ITS TKOF ROLL.
Narrative: WE TAXIED FROM THE CARGO RAMP REQUESTING RWY 18R. WE WERE INSTRUCTED TO TAXI VIA TXWY Z TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 27 ON TXWY N. UPON REACHING RWY 27 GND CTL CLRED US ACROSS. UNFORTUNATELY, UNKNOWN TO US, AN ACR A300 HAD BEEN CLRED FOR TKOF. WE CROSSED RWY 27 AT TXWY N AS HE, APPARENTLY, BEGAN HIS TKOF ROLL. WE ASKED GND TO CONFIRM WE HAD BEEN CLRED TO CROSS AND HE ACKNOWLEDGED THE FACT. OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS A MIX-UP BTWN GND AND THE TWR. STOP BARS, AS THEY HAVE IN EUROPE AND OUR LARGER ARPTS, WITH A MATCHING STATUS BOARD IN THE TWR, WOULD HELP PREVENT COM PROBS SUCH AS THIS. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 310486: UPON REACHING THE RWY, MEM GND CLRED US TO TAXI ACROSS THE RWY AND TO CONTINUE TO TAXI TO RWY 18R. WHILE WE WERE TAXIING ACROSS, I NOTICED AN AIRBUS A300-600 WHICH APPEARED TO BE DEPARTING ON RWY 27. WE WERE CLRED OF THE RWY WELL BEFORE THE AIRBUS REACHED ITS ROTATIONAL SPD. THEN WE PROCEEDED TO INQUIRE OF MEM GND ABOUT THIS SIT. MEM GND DID CONFIRM THAT INDEED WE WERE CLRED TO TAXI ACROSS RWY 9/27 AND ATTRIBUTED THE DEP OF THE AIRBUS TO POOR COORD ON THEIR PART BTWN GND AND TWR.
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.