CPR PLT WAITING FOR TKOF AT BED ARPT; WHICH APPARENTLY WAS VERY BUSY AT THE TIME; MAY HAVE BECOME FRUSTRATED BECAUSE OF THE DELAY AND THEN CRITICAL OF THE CTLR. STARTING TKOF ROLL; THE PF OBSERVED A PA28 OVERFLYING THE RWY. THE PLT STARTED TO ABORT BUT THEN CONTINUED TKOF WHEN THE PA28 TURNED L OF RWY CTRLINE.

Date: 1998-06 · Aircraft: Learjet 60

Anomalies: other-unspecified

Synopsis

CPR PLT WAITING FOR TKOF AT BED ARPT; WHICH APPARENTLY WAS VERY BUSY AT THE TIME; MAY HAVE BECOME FRUSTRATED BECAUSE OF THE DELAY AND THEN CRITICAL OF THE CTLR. STARTING TKOF ROLL; THE PF OBSERVED A PA28 OVERFLYING THE RWY. THE PLT STARTED TO ABORT BUT THEN CONTINUED TKOF WHEN THE PA28 TURNED L OF RWY CTRLINE.

Narrative

LCL CTLR WORKING SINGLE RWY OP; RWY 11. EXTREMELY BUSY. SEVERAL VFR ACFT IN THE PATTERN. LCL CTLR WAS MAKING HERSELF BUSY WITH EXCESSIVE PHRASEOLOGY AND TRYING TO 'FLY' EVERYBODY'S AIRPLANE FOR THEM. CONFUSING INSTRUCTIONS THAT SEVERAL ACFT QUESTIONED OR MISUNDERSTOOD. OUR ACFT WAS HOLDING SHORT OF RWY 11 READY FOR DEP; UNABLE TO ACCESS THE LCL FREQ DUE TO EXCESSIVE CHATTER. CTLR CREATED SPACE IN VFR PATTERN FOR US TO DEPART; ISSUED 'TAXI INTO POS AND HOLD' INSTRUCTIONS WHICH WERE ACKNOWLEDGED BY PNF IN R SEAT. PF AND PNF OBSERVED PA28 ON 1/2 - 1 MI FINAL. PNF QUESTIONED ACTION OF LCL CTLR REGARDING TFC ON SHORT FINAL. CTLR RESPONDED THAT SHE WAS GOING TO 'BREAK HIM OFF;' ISSUED A TKOF CLRNC; AND INSTRUCTED US TO 'MAINTAIN VISUAL SEPARATION WITH A SINGLE CESSNA TURNING DOWNWIND TO THE SW.' PNF ACKNOWLEDGED; LOOKING FOR THE CESSNA OUT THE R SIDE. TKOF ROLL WAS BEGUN AND IMMEDIATELY ABORTED WHEN PF SAW THE PA28 OVERFLYING US ABOVE THE RWY. CTLR ADMONISHED US; AND CURTLY STATED WE HAD BEEN CLRED FOR TKOF. PNF RESPONDED WE HAD ABORTED TO AVOID A POTENTIAL COLLISION WITH THE OVERFLYING ACFT. PA28 TURNED L OFF CTRLINE. TKOF CONTINUED.

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