CAPT RPTR REF TKOF AND LNDG SPACING AND HAZARD IF MISSED APCH NECESSARY.
Synopsis
CAPT RPTR REF TKOF AND LNDG SPACING AND HAZARD IF MISSED APCH NECESSARY.
Narrative
IT IS MY CONTENTION THAT THE BOS TWR IS CONDUCTING HAZARDOUS INTERSECTING RWY OPS. THIS IS BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE FROM AN ARR IN BOS ON APR/XX/94 AT APPROX XY40Z. WE LANDED ON RWY 27. TKOFS WERE BEING CONDUCTED ON RWY 22R. ON SHORT FINAL; I NOTICED AN ACFT ROLLING ON 22R. AS WE TOUCHED DOWN; THAT ACFT WAS STILL ON THE GND. AS WE STARTED OUR DECELERATION ON ROLLOUT; THE OTHER ACFT CROSSED THE EXTENDED CTRLINE OF RWY 27 AT 100 FT - 200 FT CLBING. IT WAS APPARENT TO ME THAT; IF FOR SOME REASON; WE HAD ELECTED TO GAR JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN ON OUR APCH; THAT WITHOUT AN EXTREME EVASIVE MANEUVER ON OUR PART; WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A CERTAIN MIDAIR COLLISION. POSSIBLE REASONS FOR GOING AROUND WOULD BE UNAUTHORIZED VEHICLE ON THE RWY OR A BOTCHED HIGH AND FAST APCH TO A SHORT RWY. THE SIT WOULD BE FURTHER EXACERBATED IF THE LNDG/GAR ACFT WAS UNAWARE OF THE TKOF TFC. THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THOSE SCENARIOS THAT HAS BEEN TAKING PLACE FOR A LONG TIME WITHOUT INCIDENT; AND ONLY AFTER THE ACCIDENT WILL ALL CONCERNED EXPRESS AMAZEMENT THAT NO ONE HAD RECOGNIZED THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ACCIDENT. I RECOMMEND THAT ACFT NOT BE CLRED FOR TKOF UNTIL LNDG ACFT ON THE GND.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.