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Flight crew of a canadair regional jet, CL65, complained of tower sending them around on final because of emergency vehicles crossing runway going to the terminal. Tower advised that emergency vehicles have priority. Captain believes that the crash fire rescue equipment should be repositioned on the terminal airport side so that air traffic would not be interrupted.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 378765 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199708 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : cvg |
| State Reference | OH |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 0 msl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : cvg |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Challenger CL604 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing : go around |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 2000 |
| ASRS Report | 378765 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | other other other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | procedure or policy : unspecified |
| Airport | procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
B727 on rollout runway 9, used a second frequency to coordinate best location to exit runway. At the same time, cvg ground/tower cleared paramedic vehicles to cross runway 9 behind B727. Crash fire rescue equipment was responding to call at terminal. Tower ordered us to go around because 'B727 didn't clear runway in time.' however, crash fire rescue equipment vehicles were behind B727. At cvg the paramedics are based on the south side of the airport and must use txwys and/or runways to respond to calls at terminal. All medical runs to terminal are priority 1 no matter what the nature of the call. Paramedics should be based on the north side of the field where 99% of the calls originate and their priority to cross runways should reflect the true nature of the emergency.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A CANADAIR REGIONAL JET, CL65, COMPLAINED OF TWR SENDING THEM AROUND ON FINAL BECAUSE OF EMER VEHICLES XING RWY GOING TO THE TERMINAL. TWR ADVISED THAT EMER VEHICLES HAVE PRIORITY. CAPT BELIEVES THAT THE CFR SHOULD BE REPOSITIONED ON THE TERMINAL ARPT SIDE SO THAT AIR TFC WOULD NOT BE INTERRUPTED.
Narrative: B727 ON ROLLOUT RWY 9, USED A SECOND FREQ TO COORDINATE BEST LOCATION TO EXIT RWY. AT THE SAME TIME, CVG GND/TWR CLRED PARAMEDIC VEHICLES TO CROSS RWY 9 BEHIND B727. CFR WAS RESPONDING TO CALL AT TERMINAL. TWR ORDERED US TO GAR BECAUSE 'B727 DIDN'T CLR RWY IN TIME.' HOWEVER, CFR VEHICLES WERE BEHIND B727. AT CVG THE PARAMEDICS ARE BASED ON THE S SIDE OF THE ARPT AND MUST USE TXWYS AND/OR RWYS TO RESPOND TO CALLS AT TERMINAL. ALL MEDICAL RUNS TO TERMINAL ARE PRIORITY 1 NO MATTER WHAT THE NATURE OF THE CALL. PARAMEDICS SHOULD BE BASED ON THE N SIDE OF THE FIELD WHERE 99% OF THE CALLS ORIGINATE AND THEIR PRIORITY TO CROSS RWYS SHOULD REFLECT THE TRUE NATURE OF THE EMER.
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.