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An airport duty officer experienced a runway incursion when failing to note his exact position relative to the runway hold lines.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 847950 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200908 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | No Aircraft |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Airport Personnel Vehicle Driver |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Total 900 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Incursion Runway |
Narrative:
I work as one of the airport duty officers. My job description includes many items; but one of them includes airfield inspections twice a day (one in the morning and one at night) to meet FAA 139 compliance. I initiated the evening inspection at taxiway A-4 after contacting the ATCT ground for clearance. I was giving a clearance to 'turn left on taxiway a and to hold short of runway 14-32 on a'. I complied at was given a further clearance with a clearance limit to 'cross runway 14-32 at a and continue down a then down runway 5 and to hold short on runway 5 at 14-32 intersection'. I read back the clearance and continued down a and down runway 5; but I failed to hold short of runway 14-32 (the active runway). ATCT ground verbally stopped me before entering the runway; but I was already in the runways' safety area within the 250 ft mark. I did check for traffic looking both ways before making my mistake to ensure there was no potential traffic incursions around. I was again verbally spoken to by the ATCT of my mishap and the consequences that could have followed if there was traffic present. I apologized for my actions and that was all I heard from them.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An Airport Duty Officer experienced a runway incursion when failing to note his exact position relative to the runway hold lines.
Narrative: I work as one of the Airport Duty Officers. My job description includes many items; but one of them includes airfield inspections twice a day (one in the morning and one at night) to meet FAA 139 compliance. I initiated the evening inspection at Taxiway A-4 after contacting the ATCT Ground for clearance. I was giving a clearance to 'turn left on Taxiway A and to hold short of Runway 14-32 on A'. I complied at was given a further clearance with a clearance limit to 'Cross Runway 14-32 at A and continue down A then down Runway 5 and to hold short on Runway 5 at 14-32 Intersection'. I read back the clearance and continued down A and down Runway 5; but I failed to hold short of Runway 14-32 (the active runway). ATCT Ground verbally stopped me before entering the runway; but I was already in the runways' safety area within the 250 FT mark. I did check for traffic looking both ways before making my mistake to ensure there was no potential traffic incursions around. I was again verbally spoken to by the ATCT of my mishap and the consequences that could have followed if there was traffic present. I apologized for my actions and that was all I heard from them.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.