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ATCT local controller, scanning the airport, stops a DC9 from entering the runway while an MD80 is on takeoff roll.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 477435 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200006 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mco.airport |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl single value : 50 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : mco.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : takeoff roll |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : mco.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-9 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : ground |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| ASRS Report | 477435 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | incursion : runway non adherence : clearance |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other controllerb other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 50 |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Air carrier X, an MD80 was given a takeoff clearance to depart runway 36R. Air carrier Y, a DC9 landed on runway 36L and was instructed to hold short of runway 36R. The pilots acknowledged the instruction and continued past the hold short line. The local controller seeing this told air carrier Y to stop. Air carrier X climbed above the DC9. The DC9 never got on the runway but the nose was sitting west of the white line. When the pilot of the DC9 called the tower he said he was preoccupied on the flight deck and didn't realize where he was. He said the tower saved his life and the lives of others. The air carrier X pilot called and said just about the same thing. When the supervisor questioned the controller in charge about the incident, the controller in-charge said the DC9 never entered the runway. However, this is true but the DC9 was well beyond the hold short line. I believed everyone learned something. Thank god for scanning.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ATCT LCL CTLR, SCANNING THE ARPT, STOPS A DC9 FROM ENTERING THE RWY WHILE AN MD80 IS ON TKOF ROLL.
Narrative: ACR X, AN MD80 WAS GIVEN A TKOF CLRNC TO DEPART RWY 36R. ACR Y, A DC9 LANDED ON RWY 36L AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 36R. THE PLTS ACKNOWLEDGED THE INSTRUCTION AND CONTINUED PAST THE HOLD SHORT LINE. THE LCL CTLR SEEING THIS TOLD ACR Y TO STOP. ACR X CLBED ABOVE THE DC9. THE DC9 NEVER GOT ON THE RWY BUT THE NOSE WAS SITTING W OF THE WHITE LINE. WHEN THE PLT OF THE DC9 CALLED THE TWR HE SAID HE WAS PREOCCUPIED ON THE FLT DECK AND DIDN'T REALIZE WHERE HE WAS. HE SAID THE TWR SAVED HIS LIFE AND THE LIVES OF OTHERS. THE ACR X PLT CALLED AND SAID JUST ABOUT THE SAME THING. WHEN THE SUPVR QUESTIONED THE CIC ABOUT THE INCIDENT, THE CTLR IN-CHARGE SAID THE DC9 NEVER ENTERED THE RWY. HOWEVER, THIS IS TRUE BUT THE DC9 WAS WELL BEYOND THE HOLD SHORT LINE. I BELIEVED EVERYONE LEARNED SOMETHING. THANK GOD FOR SCANNING.
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.