<< >> NASA ASRS Report 95851, October 1988

Air carrier-medium large transport crossed takeoff runway during landing roll causing air carrier-large transport abort.

Attributes
ACN	95851
Time
Date	198810
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lga
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff other
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 195 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 5000
ASRS Report	95851
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical incursion : runway
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : rejected takeoff other
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 3700 vertical : 0
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Operational Error Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Lga was landing aircraft on runway 31 and departing aircraft on runway 4. We were cleared into position on runway 4 to hold, while another aircraft was landing on runway 31, the intersecting runway. The aircraft landed on runway 31 and was cleared onto a taxiway prior to runway 4. The tower then cleared us for takeoff on runway 4. The first officer was flying, I set takeoff thrust and we started moving down the runway. A few seconds after we started our takeoff roll I saw an medium large transport slowly taxiing onto our runway from runway 31. I aborted the takeoff just as the tower told us to abort. I stopped the aircraft and taxied clear of the runway, well clear of the medium large transport on runway 4. The crew of the wandering medium large transport apologized to lga tower for missing the taxiway. Lga tower apologized to us for the incident. I guess the procedure should be not to clear an aircraft for takeoff on runway 4 at lga unless the aircraft landing on runway 31 has actually cleared runway 31 and is not still hunting for the taxiway.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR-MLG CROSSED TKOF RWY DURING LNDG ROLL CAUSING ACR-LGT ABORT.

Narrative: LGA WAS LNDG ACFT ON RWY 31 AND DEPARTING ACFT ON RWY 4. WE WERE CLRED INTO POS ON RWY 4 TO HOLD, WHILE ANOTHER ACFT WAS LNDG ON RWY 31, THE INTERSECTING RWY. THE ACFT LANDED ON RWY 31 AND WAS CLRED ONTO A TXWY PRIOR TO RWY 4. THE TWR THEN CLRED US FOR TKOF ON RWY 4. THE F/O WAS FLYING, I SET TKOF THRUST AND WE STARTED MOVING DOWN THE RWY. A FEW SECS AFTER WE STARTED OUR TKOF ROLL I SAW AN MLG SLOWLY TAXIING ONTO OUR RWY FROM RWY 31. I ABORTED THE TKOF JUST AS THE TWR TOLD US TO ABORT. I STOPPED THE ACFT AND TAXIED CLR OF THE RWY, WELL CLR OF THE MLG ON RWY 4. THE CREW OF THE WANDERING MLG APOLOGIZED TO LGA TWR FOR MISSING THE TXWY. LGA TWR APOLOGIZED TO US FOR THE INCIDENT. I GUESS THE PROC SHOULD BE NOT TO CLR AN ACFT FOR TKOF ON RWY 4 AT LGA UNLESS THE ACFT LNDG ON RWY 31 HAS ACTUALLY CLRED RWY 31 AND IS NOT STILL HUNTING FOR THE TXWY.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.