NEAR MISS ON TKOF WITH GND VEHICLE.
Synopsis
NEAR MISS ON TKOF WITH GND VEHICLE.
Narrative
OUR ACFT WAS CLRED FOR TKOF ON RWY 19 FROM THE NEW DISPLACED THRESHOLD S OF RWY 25. ON TKOF AT ABOUT 80 KTS A FUEL TRUCK APPEARED TO MOVE SOUTHWARD FROM THE CTR TXWY ON TO CLOSED RWY 30. I EXPECTED THE TRUCK TO TURN NW ONTO RWY 30. INSTEAD; THE TRUCK CONTINUED S ALONG THE W EDGE OF RWY 19. MY INITIAL THOUGHT WAS THAT THE TRUCK WAS IN THE GRASS AREA OFF THE EDGE OF THE RWY. AS WE ACCELERATED I DETERMINED THE TRUCK TO BE ON THE W EDGE OF RWY 19. I CHOSE NOT TO ABORT THE TKOF BECAUSE 1) OF THE SHORT RWY LENGTH STILL REMAINING; 2) CONCERNS FOR DIRECTIONAL CTL PROBS THAT MIGHT OCCUR AS A RESULT OF MAX BRAKING AND/OR UNEVEN THRUST REVERSER DEPLOYMENT. THESE CONCERNS WOULD HAVE PUT US AND THE TRUCK IN GREATER DANGER HAD WE ABORTED. PRIOR TO PASSING THE TRUCK I ALTERED OUR TKOF PATH TO THE L OF CTRLINE TO PROVIDE MAX DISTANCE FROM THE TRUCK. AFTER TKOF I ASKED THE TWR WHY A TRUCK WAS ON THE RWY EDGE. THEIR RESPONSE WAS SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT; 'THEY EXPECTED THE TRUCK TO TRAVEL VIA A DIFFERENT TXWY OFF OF RWY 30. THE CTLR APOLOGIZED FOR THE PROB.' NEITHER THE CTLR OR MYSELF; EXPECTED THE TRUCK TO DRIVE ON THE EDGE OF THE RWY. THE PROB COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF GREATER DILIGENCE OF MOVING VEHICLES NEAR THE RWY WAS EXERCISED BY MYSELF; BY TWR PERSONNEL; AND BETTER TRAINING FOR NON PLTS MOVING ABOUT THE ARPT. I BELIEVE THE PROB AROSE AS A RESULT OF GENERAL CONFUSION FROM MAJOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ALL AROUND THE ARPT. RWY AND TXWY CLOSURES; AND ARPT PERSONNEL UNFAMILIAR WITH PROPER PROCS TO ASSURE THAT THE RWY OR TXWYS ARE CLR OF TFC BEFORE MOVING INTO THOSE AREAS.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.