<< >> NASA ASRS Report 568618, December 2002

B757 crew departing zbbb while on the runway with a position and hold clearance were instructed to vacate the runway after the crew advised the tower they observed an aircraft on TCASII on short final.

Attributes
ACN	568618
Time
Date	200212
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zbaa.airport
State Reference	FO
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Weather Elements	Fog
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : pit.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	ground : position and hold
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Flight Phase	landing : go around
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 2800 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	568618
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : private pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 7000 flight time type : 2100
ASRS Report	568942
Events
Anomaly	conflict : airborne critical incursion : runway non adherence : required legal separation
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment : tcas other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	controller : separated traffic flight crew : executed go around
Miss Distance	horizontal : 0 vertical : 180
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance

Narrative:

We were instructed to vacate hold position at approach end of runway. Confirmed twice that we were cleared for position and hold. Noticed arriving aircraft on TCASII. Notified tower and tower issued go around clearance for approaching aircraft. I believe the situation was created by non standard clearance instructions. Supplemental information from acn 568942: air carrier X cleared onto hold runway 36R, beijing, china, with instructions 'vacate hold.' after 3 confirmations, we were cleared into position and hold and taxied onto the runway. We noticed an aircraft on short final via TCASII and notified tower. Tower issued go around instructions (in chinese) for aircraft on final. The situation was created by non standard clearance instructions, loss of situational awareness by tower, and heavy fog (tower could not see us).

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 CREW DEPARTING ZBBB WHILE ON THE RWY WITH A POS AND HOLD CLRNC WERE INSTRUCTED TO VACATE THE RWY AFTER THE CREW ADVISED THE TWR THEY OBSERVED AN ACFT ON TCASII ON SHORT FINAL.

Narrative: WE WERE INSTRUCTED TO VACATE HOLD POS AT APCH END OF RWY. CONFIRMED TWICE THAT WE WERE CLRED FOR POS AND HOLD. NOTICED ARRIVING ACFT ON TCASII. NOTIFIED TWR AND TWR ISSUED GAR CLRNC FOR APCHING ACFT. I BELIEVE THE SIT WAS CREATED BY NON STANDARD CLRNC INSTRUCTIONS. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 568942: ACR X CLRED ONTO HOLD RWY 36R, BEIJING, CHINA, WITH INSTRUCTIONS 'VACATE HOLD.' AFTER 3 CONFIRMATIONS, WE WERE CLRED INTO POS AND HOLD AND TAXIED ONTO THE RWY. WE NOTICED AN ACFT ON SHORT FINAL VIA TCASII AND NOTIFIED TWR. TWR ISSUED GAR INSTRUCTIONS (IN CHINESE) FOR ACFT ON FINAL. THE SIT WAS CREATED BY NON STANDARD CLRNC INSTRUCTIONS, LOSS OF SITUATIONAL AWARENESS BY TWR, AND HVY FOG (TWR COULD NOT SEE US).

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.