Cvg ground controller experienced runway incident with B747 departure without clearance.

Attributes
ACN	590725
Time
Date	200308
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : cvg.airport
State Reference	OH
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : cvg.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B747 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff ground : takeoff roll
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Controlling Facilities	tower : cvg.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Regional Jet CL65, 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 : non radar controller : radar
Experience	controller non radar : 5 controller radar : 11 controller time certified in position1 : 5 flight time total : 50
ASRS Report	590725
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground less severe non adherence : clearance non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : executed go around
Consequence	faa : investigated
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Aircraft Y taxiing across runway 27, routine maintenance reposition to gate, while aircraft X heavy departed runway 27. Additional aircraft Z landing on crossing runway 18R. Aircraft X departed without clearance for take off. Aircraft Y expedited across runway in time and aircraft Z landing runway 18R was instructed to go around. Contributing factors would include: too many repositions of aircraft across an active runway during a push. Pilot of aircraft X not able to read, speak and understand the english language effectively.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CVG GND CTLR EXPERIENCED RWY INCIDENT WITH B747 DEP WITHOUT CLRNC.

Narrative: ACFT Y TAXIING ACROSS RWY 27, ROUTINE MAINT REPOSITION TO GATE, WHILE ACFT X HEAVY DEPARTED RWY 27. ADDITIONAL ACFT Z LNDG ON CROSSING RWY 18R. ACFT X DEPARTED WITHOUT CLRNC FOR TAKE OFF. ACFT Y EXPEDITED ACROSS RWY IN TIME AND ACFT Z LNDG RWY 18R WAS INSTRUCTED TO GO AROUND. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WOULD INCLUDE: TOO MANY REPOSITIONS OF ACFT ACROSS AN ACTIVE RWY DURING A PUSH. PLT OF ACFT X NOT ABLE TO READ, SPEAK AND UNDERSTAND THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE EFFECTIVELY.

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.