RWY INCURSION WITH ACFT ON SHORT FINAL. TWR CTLR APOLOGIZED TO PLT OF BE9T FOR IMPROPER TKOF CLRNC ON RWY 07R AT DVT; AZ.

Date: 2002-10 · Phase: taxi

Anomalies: atc-issue-all-types|conflict-ground-conflict|less-severe|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|ground-incursion-runway

Synopsis

RWY INCURSION WITH ACFT ON SHORT FINAL. TWR CTLR APOLOGIZED TO PLT OF BE9T FOR IMPROPER TKOF CLRNC ON RWY 07R AT DVT; AZ.

Narrative

ON THUR; I USED THE DUAT FLT PLANNER TO PLAN A FLT FROM DVT TO FCM. I USED THE GPS OR LORAN RTEING OPTION. THE PROGRAM GENERATED 21 WAYPOINTS FOR THIS FLT. I THEN CHOSE THE 'FILE FLT PLAN' MENU AND THE RTE ENTERED WAS THE 21 WAYPOINTS FROM THE FLT PLANNER PROGRAM. ON FRI AT ABOUT XA30; I CALLED DVT FOR MY IFR CLRNC; WITH A RESPONSE OF 'CLRNC ON REQUEST.' MY TAXI CLRNC WAS TO RWY 7R AT B3; HOLD SHORT OF RWY 7R (I HAD REQUESTED 7R). THE TAXI OUT AND BEFORE TAKEOFF CHKS WERE UNEVENTFUL. GND CTL THEN GAVE ME THE CLRNC WHICH INCLUDED SEVERAL (ABOUT FOUR) OF THOSE RADIAL AND DISTANCE WAYPOINTS FROM THE DUATS FLT PLAN; PLUS A COUPLE OTHERS THAT PHOENIX APCH CTL ADDED IN THE BEGINNING OF THE CLRNC. THE CLRNC LIMIT WAS BRK (BLAKE FOREST) WHICH WAS ONE OF THOSE DUATS WAYPOINTS AND ABOUT HALFWAY TO MY REQUESTED DEST. SINCE IT WAS NOT A CLRNC TO A POINT ON THE GND AND DID NOT CONTAIN AN EXPECT FURTHER CLRNC TIME; I ASKED THEM TO CHK ON THE CLRNC AS I DID NOT BELIEVE THIS WAS A VALID CLRNC. GND CTL AGREED AND THEN WE BOTH AGREED THAT IT WOULD BE FASTER TO DEPART DVT VFR AND GET THE CLRNC FROM ABQ CTR. I THEN SWITCHED TO DVT TWR AND CALLED READY FOR TAKEOFF. AFTER ONE OR TWO LNDG ACFT I WAS CLRED FOR TAKEOFF TO MAINTAIN RWY HDG UNTIL ADVISED. I STARTED MOVING AND DOING THE RWY LINE UP CHKS; WHICH INCLUDES A CHK OF THE LNDG TFC. I IMMEDIATELY STOPPED AS THERE WAS AN ACFT ON VERY SHORT FINAL (1/4 MILE). I TOLD THE TWR THAT I WAS HOLDING FOR LNDG TFC AND THAT I WAS OVER THE YELLOW LINE. THE TWR APOLOGIZED AND SAID IT WAS HIS FAULT; BUT DID NOT GIVE THE LNDG ACFT A GAR. SO I AGAIN TOLD THE TWR THAT I WAS OVER THE YELLOW LINE. THE TWR CTLR THEN TOLD THE LNDG CESSNA TO GAR. I WAS THEN CLRED FOR TAKEOFF.

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