Near midair collision between a cessna 172 holding in position and a light twin landing over the top of the C172 at a controled airport.

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Attributes
ACN	512039
Time
Date	200105
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : orl.airport
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zkc.artcc
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	ground : position and hold
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 1.5 flight time total : 1260 flight time type : 400
ASRS Report	512039
Person 2
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical ground encounters other incursion : runway non adherence : published procedure non adherence : required legal separation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable none taken : anomaly accepted
Miss Distance	horizontal : 10 vertical : 15
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Operational Error

Narrative:

Cleared by tower to position and hold runway 25. While holding for takeoff clearance, a twin engine airplane landed on runway 25 right over top of us. Frequency was very busy and did not get a break in xmissions to question tower as to why he had not cleared us for takeoff.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: NMAC BTWN A CESSNA 172 HOLDING IN POSITION AND A LIGHT TWIN LNDG OVER THE TOP OF THE C172 AT A CTLED ARPT.

Narrative: CLRED BY TWR TO POS AND HOLD RWY 25. WHILE HOLDING FOR TKOF CLRNC, A TWIN ENG AIRPLANE LANDED ON RWY 25 RIGHT OVER TOP OF US. FREQ WAS VERY BUSY AND DID NOT GET A BREAK IN XMISSIONS TO QUESTION TWR AS TO WHY HE HAD NOT CLRED US FOR TKOF.

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.