1998-04 · NASA ASRS report 401147
A C208 PLT MADE A TKOF FROM A RWY THAT INTERSECTED A RWY THAT WAS BEING CHKED BY A VEHICLE AT AN UNCTLED ARPT. THE PLT ASSUMED THAT ACFT HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY OVER VEHICLES.
ON DEP TODAY FROM GCK; THERE WAS A METROLINER JUST CLRING RWY 35 AFTER COMPLETING THE ILS; AN ARPT GND TRUCK CHKING RWYS/TXWYS; MYSELF (C208) AS WELL AS AN ACFT INBOUND ON THE ILS. ZKC CLRED ME FROM GCK TO ICT VIA RWY HEADING INITIALLY 7000 FT AND SQUAWK CODE AND VOID IN ONLY 1 MIN. AS I WAS ROLLING INTO POS ON RWY 35 THE ARPT TRUCK RPTED HE WAS GOING TO CHK RWY 30/12; AN INTERSECTING RWY APPROX 1500 FT FROM THE BEGINNING OF RWY 35. I RPTED DEPARTING RWY 35; KNOWING I -- AN ACFT; SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT-OF- WAY OVER GND VEHICLES. SHORTLY AFTER CONTACTING ZKC AND RECEIVING NEW CLRNC OF DIRECT DDC THEN ICT I OVERHEARD ON EITHER ATC FREQ OR CTAF (NOT SURE AS MONITORING BOTH) WHAT I BELIEVE WAS MY CALL SIGN AND SOMETHING ABOUT 'RWY...' TOMORROW I WILL CONTACT ARPT AUTH TO SEE WHY THE ARPT TRUCK HAS TO CHK RWYS/TXWYS SO FREQUENTLY AS IT IS CAUSING AN UNDUE TFC CONGESTION WITH OTHER INBOUND ACFT TFC. COMS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AT UNCTLED ARPTS AND DUE TO FREQ CONGESTION AND TFC IT WAS NOT 100% CLR NOR SAFE DUE TO THE ARPT GND VEHICLE.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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