FLC OF AN MDT LANDED ON AN UNCTLED ARPT RWY WHEN ANOTHER ACFT WAS STOPPED ON THE END OF THE RWY.

1995-06 · NASA ASRS report 308140

Date: 1995-06 · Aircraft: Commercial Fixed Wing

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|ground-incursion-runway|other-unspecified

Synopsis

FLC OF AN MDT LANDED ON AN UNCTLED ARPT RWY WHEN ANOTHER ACFT WAS STOPPED ON THE END OF THE RWY.

Narrative

AS WE WERE ON SHORT FINAL FOR RWY 14 AT SBY; A CESSNA 150 TYPE AIRPLANE STARTED TO TAXI ON THE END OF THE RWY FROM THE R SIDE OF THE RWY. AS MY FO AND I WERE DISCUSSING THE NEED FOR A GAR MANEUVER; EVENTS UNFOLDED WHICH MADE A GAR UNNECESSARY. THE SBY FSS SPECIALIST INFORMED THE PLT OF THE CESSNA OF OUR POS ON FINAL. THE CESSNA PLT PROMPTLY STOPPED HIS TAXI ON THE END EDGE OF THE RWY. THE FSS SPECIALIST THEN ASKED IF THE PLT OF THE CESSNA COULD CLR THE END OF THE RWY. THE CESSNA PLT COULD NOT TAXI OFF THE EDGE OF THE RWY WITHOUT TAXIING ON THE RWY TO TURN AROUND. THEN THE FSS SPECIALIST ASKED THE PLT OF THE CESSNA TO HOLD HIS POS AND LET US LAND ON THE RWY. THE CESSNA PLT AGREED TO HOLD HIS POS IN ORDER TO ALLOW OUR LNDG. MY FO EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT OVER-FLYING THE CESSNA. I AGREED WITH HIS CONCERN. ALSO; I FELT THAT WITH THE CESSNA HOLDING POS; NO REDUCTION IN SAFETY WOULD OCCUR WITH A CONTINUED APCH AND LNDG. I MANEUVERED THE AIRPLANE A BIT TO THE L OF CTR AND THEN BACK TO RWY CTRLINE TO AVOID OVER-FLT OF THE CESSNA. A NORMAL LNDG ON CTRLINE IN THE TOUCHDOWN ZONE OF THE RWY WAS MADE. AFTER LNDG; TAXIING TOWARD THE TERMINAL MY FO SAID THAT HE DID NOT FEEL AS THOUGH WE SHOULD HAVE LANDED WITH THE RWY INCURSION BY THE CESSNA. HE STATED HIS BELIEF IN A 1 AIRPLANE ON THE RWY AT A TIME RULE. AS I HAD NEVER HEARD OF THAT RULE; I DID NOT APPRECIATE HIS CONCERN UNTIL AFTER LNDG. HAD THE FSS SPECIALIST NOT INTERVENED; A RESULTANT GAR HAVE PROVED MUCH LESS STRESSFUL THAN THE DISAGREEMENT OVER CONTINUED LNDG APCH WITH A CESSNA ON THE APCH EDGE OF THE RWY.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.

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