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During an OJT session both the developmental and instructor provided different perspectives on an event involving an aircraft returning to the airport with equipment problems and landing with vehicle still on the runway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 925396 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201012 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Caravan Undifferentiated |
| Flight Phase | Takeoff |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Local |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Trainee |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Developmental |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Other / Unknown Ground Event / Encounter Vehicle Ground Incursion Runway |
Narrative:
A C208 departed xxl. Abeam the tower the C208 stated that he needed to return to the airport. I observed the starboard engine cowling open. I checked the runway and saw that two vehicles were on the departure end of xxl. Local control trainee cleared the aircraft to land yyl or yyr. Instructor told the C208 to go around at which point the aircraft was mid field at about 20 ft. Pilot landed with no further incident. I'm not sure that much else could have been done other than to have instructed the vehicles off the runway immediately. From my perspective this was an emergency situation and was treated as such.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: During an OJT session both the developmental and instructor provided different perspectives on an event involving an aircraft returning to the airport with equipment problems and landing with vehicle still on the runway.
Narrative: A C208 departed XXL. Abeam the Tower the C208 stated that he needed to return to the airport. I observed the starboard engine cowling open. I checked the runway and saw that two vehicles were on the departure end of XXL. LC trainee cleared the aircraft to land YYL or YYR. Instructor told the C208 to go around at which point the aircraft was mid field at about 20 FT. Pilot landed with no further incident. I'm not sure that much else could have been done other than to have instructed the vehicles off the runway immediately. From my perspective this was an emergency situation and was treated as such.
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.