2 B747 ACFT; 1 ON TKOF AND 1 ON FINAL APCH TO DIFFERENT RWY. ACFT ON APCH NOT IN COM WITH TWR AND TWR UNABLE TO ALERT APCH CTLR. 2 RWY OP AND ACFT ON TKOF UNDER DIFFERENT TWR CTLR. CONFLICT DEVELOPED WHEN ACFT ON APCH DID GAR JUST AS OTHER ACFT IN INITIAL CLB.
Synopsis
2 B747 ACFT; 1 ON TKOF AND 1 ON FINAL APCH TO DIFFERENT RWY. ACFT ON APCH NOT IN COM WITH TWR AND TWR UNABLE TO ALERT APCH CTLR. 2 RWY OP AND ACFT ON TKOF UNDER DIFFERENT TWR CTLR. CONFLICT DEVELOPED WHEN ACFT ON APCH DID GAR JUST AS OTHER ACFT IN INITIAL CLB.
Narrative
I WAS ASSIGNED ON SEP/XA/97 TO OPERATE MY COMPANY'S FLT XXX TO SFO AT XX18Z. WE ROTATED OFF OF RWY 13R AT JFK. AT APPROX 200 FT; I NOTICED AT OUR 10 O'CLOCK POS; A B747 OPERATED BY ACR X WHO WAS NOT IN RADIO CONTACT WITH ATC CTL. HE WAS MAKING A MISSED APCH FROM RWY 22L; BUT WAS NOT FOLLOWING PUBLISHED MISSED APCH PROCS. AT THIS POINT; I TOOK CTL OF THE ACFT (FO WAS FLYING THE LEG) AND DEVIATED FROM MY DEP CLRNC. I PUT THE ACFT INTO A L BANK OF APPROX 30-38 DEGS AND PASSED BEHIND ACR X BY APPROX 200 YARDS AND A VERT SEPARATION OF 100 FT. PERSONAL COMMENT: I FEEL THAT ACR X'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH AIR TFC CTLING FACILITIES THROUGH VHF. THIS WAS COMPOUNDED BY NOT FOLLOWING PUBLISHED MISSED APCH PROCS FOR JFK'S RWY 22L. THAT LED TO THIS SERIOUS INFRINGEMENT ON MY FLT'S ASSIGNED AIRSPACE. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 381020: ACFT #1 (ACR X) WAS ON APCH TO RWY 22L. BY THE TIME ACFT #1 WAS ON A 5 MI FINAL; I INSTRUCTED THE TRAINEE TO REACH OUT TO HIM. THE TRAINEE DID SO WITH NO RESPONSE FROM THE PLT. SINCE WE WERE WORKING 2 RWYS; OTHER XMISSIONS HAD TO BE MADE TO OTHER ACFT. THE TRAINEE FOLLOWED UP AGAIN REACHING OUT TO ACFT #1; AND THEN A THIRD TIME. EACH TIME THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. AFTER OUR SECOND ATTEMPT TO REACH ACFT #1; I PUSHED THE OVERRIDE BUTTON ON THE ICSS PANEL AND TOLD THE CTLR THAT I WAS NOT TALKING TO ACR X. THE CTLR TOLD ME THAT I WAS TALKING TO THE WRONG CTLR BUT THAT HE WOULD PASS IT ALONG. THERE WAS NO OVERRIDE DIRECT LINE TO THE CTLR WORKING THE '0' TAG POS OR AT LEAST IT WAS NOT LABELED AS SUCH. BY THE TIME THE ACFT WAS ON A 1 1/2 MI FINAL; I YELLED OVER TO THE CTLR WORKING ON THE DEP RWY; HOWEVER; THE ACFT #2 (ACR Y) HAD ALREADY BEEN CLRED FOR TKOF AND WAS ROLLING DOWN THE RWY. AS SOON AS ACFT #2 WAS AIRBORNE; HE WAS TOLD ABOUT THE TFC HEADED DIRECTLY AT HIM AND THE PLT OF ACFT #2 TOOK EVASIVE ACTION. WHILE ACFT #1 WAS STILL ON FINAL; THE TRAINEE MADE A BLIND XMISSION CLRING HIM TO LAND. ACFT #1 FINALLY CHKED IN OVER THE DEP END OF THE RWY AND WAS IMMEDIATELY TOLD ABOUT THE TFC TO HIS R. ACFT #1 WAS TOLD TO FLY RWY HDG AND FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS. TO PREVENT RECURRENCE OF THIS SIT WE NEED TO HAVE OUR ICSS BUTTONS LABELED CORRECTLY AND WE; AS THE ARR CTLRS; COULD PROBABLY HAVE WARNED THE DEP CTLR A LITTLE BIT SOONER ABOUT THE SIT; HOWEVER; THERE WERE OTHER XMISSIONS THAT NEEDED TO BE MADE THAT WERE ALSO PERTINENT.
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