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Runway incursion by MD88 upon taxi out from gate. A proposed runway change was in progress.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 354032 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199611 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mlb |
| State Reference | FL |
| 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 | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing : go around |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 2400 |
| ASRS Report | 354032 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 175 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 2500 |
| ASRS Report | 353571 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground less severe incursion : runway non adherence : far non adherence : clearance other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : became reoriented other other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Aircraft had pushed off gate and requested taxi clearance. Ground control cleared taxi to runway 09 with restr to hold short of runway 04. Due to close proximity of runway 27, first officer asked captain if runway 27 were available would he prefer to use it. Captain replied yes, and first officer made request to ground control. After observing several small aircraft in the pattern, captain told first officer to request to just stay with runway 09 and started aircraft forward. First officer did so by telling ground control we would prefer to use runway 09 as directed. Ground control 'rogered' our request. Captain made a turn onto taxiway a as he had been cleared to do and mentioned his reasons for changing his mind to first officer. Captain was concurrently looking outside for traffic as he was talking, looking to ensure taxiway D was clear, and at that time felt the brake peddles moving to stop the aircraft. At the same time ground control transmitted 'stop' to our aircraft. The ship was stopped quickly but not so much so that the flight attendants were not thrown about as they were standing and giving their demonstration. The aircraft stopped beyond the runway 04 hold line but prior to actually entering the runway surface. The primary reason I would attribute for this event occurring is the very short distance separating the ramp area -- taxiway D and runway 04. Taxiway D was passed while captain was talking and looking outside for airborne aircraft. Runway 04 is a 75 ft wide runway and has the 'look' of a taxiway and is very close to the ramp area. It is extremely easy to mistake it for a taxiway which is exactly what happened in this instance. Corrective measures possible: better situational awareness by the crew. Better runway awareness. Elimination of simultaneous use of conflicting runways. Supplemental information from acn 353571: we stopped the aircraft nose beyond the hold short line but approximately 20 ft short of runway 4. Aircraft on short final was directed to go around as we held short of the runway.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: RWY INCURSION BY MD88 UPON TAXI OUT FROM GATE. A PROPOSED RWY CHANGE WAS IN PROGRESS.
Narrative: ACFT HAD PUSHED OFF GATE AND REQUESTED TAXI CLRNC. GND CTL CLRED TAXI TO RWY 09 WITH RESTR TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 04. DUE TO CLOSE PROX OF RWY 27, FO ASKED CAPT IF RWY 27 WERE AVAILABLE WOULD HE PREFER TO USE IT. CAPT REPLIED YES, AND FO MADE REQUEST TO GND CTL. AFTER OBSERVING SEVERAL SMALL ACFT IN THE PATTERN, CAPT TOLD FO TO REQUEST TO JUST STAY WITH RWY 09 AND STARTED ACFT FORWARD. FO DID SO BY TELLING GND CTL WE WOULD PREFER TO USE RWY 09 AS DIRECTED. GND CTL 'ROGERED' OUR REQUEST. CAPT MADE A TURN ONTO TXWY A AS HE HAD BEEN CLRED TO DO AND MENTIONED HIS REASONS FOR CHANGING HIS MIND TO FO. CAPT WAS CONCURRENTLY LOOKING OUTSIDE FOR TFC AS HE WAS TALKING, LOOKING TO ENSURE TXWY D WAS CLR, AND AT THAT TIME FELT THE BRAKE PEDDLES MOVING TO STOP THE ACFT. AT THE SAME TIME GND CTL XMITTED 'STOP' TO OUR ACFT. THE SHIP WAS STOPPED QUICKLY BUT NOT SO MUCH SO THAT THE FLT ATTENDANTS WERE NOT THROWN ABOUT AS THEY WERE STANDING AND GIVING THEIR DEMO. THE ACFT STOPPED BEYOND THE RWY 04 HOLD LINE BUT PRIOR TO ACTUALLY ENTERING THE RWY SURFACE. THE PRIMARY REASON I WOULD ATTRIBUTE FOR THIS EVENT OCCURRING IS THE VERY SHORT DISTANCE SEPARATING THE RAMP AREA -- TXWY D AND RWY 04. TXWY D WAS PASSED WHILE CAPT WAS TALKING AND LOOKING OUTSIDE FOR AIRBORNE ACFT. RWY 04 IS A 75 FT WIDE RWY AND HAS THE 'LOOK' OF A TXWY AND IS VERY CLOSE TO THE RAMP AREA. IT IS EXTREMELY EASY TO MISTAKE IT FOR A TXWY WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS INSTANCE. CORRECTIVE MEASURES POSSIBLE: BETTER SITUATIONAL AWARENESS BY THE CREW. BETTER RWY AWARENESS. ELIMINATION OF SIMULTANEOUS USE OF CONFLICTING RWYS. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 353571: WE STOPPED THE ACFT NOSE BEYOND THE HOLD SHORT LINE BUT APPROX 20 FT SHORT OF RWY 4. ACFT ON SHORT FINAL WAS DIRECTED TO GAR AS WE HELD SHORT OF THE 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.