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Iad controller concerned with on-airport emergency ground personnel not having all tower ground control frequencys when assisting emergency aircraft on the airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 455361 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199911 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : iad.airport |
| State Reference | VA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Dash 8 Series Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : traffic management |
| Qualification | controller : radar pilot : private |
| Experience | controller radar : 18 controller supervisory : 1 controller time certified in position1 : 6 flight time total : 150 |
| ASRS Report | 455361 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed in emergency condition |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Airport Flight Crew Human Performance ATC Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Situations | |
| Airport | procedure or policy : iad.airport |
Narrative:
Air carrier X declared an emergency due to smoke in the cockpit. Aircraft landed and taxied off the runway. Aircraft was switched to ground control 132.45. Aircraft was unable to communicate with crash fire rescue due to fire vehicles not having both ground control frequencys. This also results in vehicles moving on the airport unable to communicate with the controller who has responsibility for the area. I fear it is a runway incursion waiting to happen.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: IAD CTLR CONCERNED WITH ON-ARPT EMER GND PERSONNEL NOT HAVING ALL TWR GND CTL FREQS WHEN ASSISTING EMER ACFT ON THE ARPT.
Narrative: ACR X DECLARED AN EMER DUE TO SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. ACFT LANDED AND TAXIED OFF THE RWY. ACFT WAS SWITCHED TO GND CTL 132.45. ACFT WAS UNABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH CRASH FIRE RESCUE DUE TO FIRE VEHICLES NOT HAVING BOTH GND CTL FREQS. THIS ALSO RESULTS IN VEHICLES MOVING ON THE ARPT UNABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE CTLR WHO HAS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE AREA. I FEAR IT IS A RWY INCURSION WAITING TO HAPPEN.
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.