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A tower controller at sav observed smoke from the undercarriage on a landing aircraft; when the crash phone was used to alert arff; the sav airport commission repeatedly interfered with the communications; slowing arff response.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 713655 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200610 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sav.airport |
| State Reference | GA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | other |
| Make Model Name | Hornet (F-18) |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | landing : roll |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller radar : 10 controller supervisory : 1 controller time certified in position1 : 3 |
| ASRS Report | 713655 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : military |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other anomaly other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued alert |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Airport Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
Narrative:
An FA18 blew a main gear on landing at sav. Smoke was rolling from the under carriage of the fighter and the 'crash phone' was immediately picked up. While relaying the information to arff; the call was interrupted by an operator from the sav airport commission (sac). After repeating 3 times; arff was told to just get in their trucks and call ground control. There are two problems here that are on-going and must be fixed before someone gets killed. 1) the sac interrupting an emergency transmission just because they want to know what is going on. 2) the crash phones only work intermittently and are unreliable. In this situation; the arff response was delayed 2 to 4 minutes. This could have cost an aviator his life!
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A TWR CTLR AT SAV OBSERVED SMOKE FROM THE UNDERCARRIAGE ON A LNDG ACFT; WHEN THE CRASH PHONE WAS USED TO ALERT ARFF; THE SAV ARPT COMMISSION REPEATEDLY INTERFERED WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS; SLOWING ARFF RESPONSE.
Narrative: AN FA18 BLEW A MAIN GEAR ON LNDG AT SAV. SMOKE WAS ROLLING FROM THE UNDER CARRIAGE OF THE FIGHTER AND THE 'CRASH PHONE' WAS IMMEDIATELY PICKED UP. WHILE RELAYING THE INFO TO ARFF; THE CALL WAS INTERRUPTED BY AN OPERATOR FROM THE SAV ARPT COMMISSION (SAC). AFTER REPEATING 3 TIMES; ARFF WAS TOLD TO JUST GET IN THEIR TRUCKS AND CALL GND CTL. THERE ARE TWO PROBLEMS HERE THAT ARE ON-GOING AND MUST BE FIXED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. 1) THE SAC INTERRUPTING AN EMER XMISSION JUST BECAUSE THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON. 2) THE CRASH PHONES ONLY WORK INTERMITTENTLY AND ARE UNRELIABLE. IN THIS SITUATION; THE ARFF RESPONSE WAS DELAYED 2 TO 4 MINUTES. THIS COULD HAVE COST AN AVIATOR HIS LIFE!
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.