2000-01 · NASA ASRS report 461182
AN EMB120 CROSSES RWY 36R AFTER BEING TOLD TO HOLD SHORT. AN MD80 WAS ON ITS TKOF ROLL AND HAD TO ABORT THE TKOF. EMB120 FO WAS IN IOE TRAINING. DFW; TX.
AFTER LNDG ON RWY 36L IN DFW; WE EXITED ON TXWY WL. IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT TWR TOLD US TO CROSS RWY 36R; TURN R ON TXWY G AND HOLD SHORT OF TXWY A. WHILE XING RWY 36R; AN MD80; WHICH APPEARED TO BE STOPPED; WAS IN FACT ON A TKOF ROLL. UPON XING RWY 36R UNEVENTFULLY; TWR COMMANDED THE MD80 TO ABORT THE TKOF. IN QUESTIONING MY FO AS TO THE CLRNC HE RECEIVED; HE REMEMBERED READING BACK 'HOLD SHORT OF RWY 36R.' THIS SCENARIO COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED HAD I VERBALLY EXPRESSED MY INTENTIONS TO THE FO. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 461478: I AM A NEW HIRE FO ON THE EMB120 FOR AN ACR. DURING MY IOE; A RWY INCURSION OCCURRED BELIEVED TO BE CAUSED BY US. WE WERE FLT FROM TUL TO DFW. WE HAD LANDED ON RWY 36L AND EXITED ON TXWY WL. ONCE OFF OF THE RWY; THE TWR TOLD US TO 'HOLD SHORT OF RWY 36R AT TXWY A.' I ACKNOWLEDGED THE CLRNC AND READ BACK THE INSTRUCTIONS AS GIVEN. THE CAPT THEN ASKED FOR THE AFTER LNDG CHKLIST. I WAS DOING THE AFTER LNDG FLOW AND CHKLIST. AS I LOOKED UP FROM THE CTR INST PANEL; IT APPEARED THAT WE WERE ABOUT TO CROSS RWY 36R. NOT BEING COMFORTABLE WITH THE TXWY LOCATIONS AND LAYOUTS OF THE DALLAS ARPT SYS; I STILL HAVE TO REFER TO THE ARPT DIAGRAM. ONCE I IDENTED OUR PROX TO THE RWY WE WERE ALREADY ACROSS THE HOLDING LINE. I AM NEW TO THE ACFT AND THE AIRLINE AND UNFAMILIAR WITH THE DALLAS ARPT SYS. DALLAS IS A BUSY ARPT AND HAS SOME VERY COMPLEX TAXI PROCS. IF A CREW DOES NOT FLY OUT OF DFW ON A REGULAR BASIS; FINDING TXWYS; FREQS; AND STANDARD TAXI RTES IS CONFUSING. MANY TIMES A CREW IS XING A RWY AND CHANGING FREQS AT THE SAME TIME. IN THIS SIT; IF AN IMMEDIATE INSTRUCTION HAD TO BE ISSUED TO THE CREW; I QUESTION WHETHER IT COULD BE DONE IN A TIMELY MANNER. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 461184: AS WE STARTED TKOF ROLL; I NOTICED A COMMUTER AIRPLANE GETTING CLOSE TO RWY. AS IT WAS ABOUT TO CROSS RWY; I ABORTED TKOF. COMMUTER CONTINUED TO CROSS RWY AT LEAST 1000 FT AHEAD OF US. WE HAD A SPD OF ABOUT 60 KTS AS WE REJECTED. TWR AND CREW EXCHANGED PHONE NUMBERS AND WE WENT BACK FOR TKOF.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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