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Attributes | |
ACN | 943362 |
Time | |
Date | 201103 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | VVS.Airport |
State Reference | PA |
Environment | |
Light | Night |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | No Aircraft |
Events | |
Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Other / Unknown Ground Event / Encounter FOD Ground Event / Encounter Object |
Narrative:
The airport is renting to a non-aviation company the active foxtrot [taxiway]; which serves active hangars up to and on the intersection of echo. The activities conducted include high speed evasive driving; barricade running; simulated weapons discharge; and plastic cones that are removed at times but have blown on to other air operations areas. They have also left car debris (metal) and the high speed car turns have broken up the surface and adds to the FOD hazards to the engines and tires and propellers exposing the aircraft to the possibility of finding on landing you have a flat tire. Since the debris has been found after daylight operations there is a substantial risk increase due to the inability to see and clean up at night. The clean up when done is superficial and does not include the stone from the destruction of the black top. The presence of people running around in terrorist costume with plastic weapons and high speed cars running all around can be confusing at best to a transient pilot. A NOTAM might mitigate some risk but leaves the rest unchanged. The continuing destruction of the surface increases the risk to aircraft with the loose stones and the deeper holes and by increasing amount of them. The pilots find it hard to understand why the destruction of aviation assets persists to the point that someone will be injured or killed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: VVS Taxiway F is used for non aviation training activities which leaves the taxiway surface damaged. Also FOD may be present which poses a hazard to aircraft operations when not removed prior to night time operations.
Narrative: The airport is renting to a non-aviation company the active Foxtrot [taxiway]; which serves active hangars up to and on the intersection of Echo. The activities conducted include high speed evasive driving; barricade running; simulated weapons discharge; and plastic cones that are removed at times but have blown on to other air operations areas. They have also left car debris (metal) and the high speed car turns have broken up the surface and adds to the FOD hazards to the engines and tires and propellers exposing the aircraft to the possibility of finding on landing you have a flat tire. Since the debris has been found after daylight operations there is a substantial risk increase due to the inability to see and clean up at night. The clean up when done is superficial and does not include the stone from the destruction of the black top. The presence of people running around in terrorist costume with plastic weapons and high speed cars running all around can be confusing at best to a transient pilot. A NOTAM might mitigate some risk but leaves the rest unchanged. The continuing destruction of the surface increases the risk to aircraft with the loose stones and the deeper holes and by increasing amount of them. The pilots find it hard to understand why the destruction of aviation assets persists to the point that someone will be injured or killed.
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.