BE35 PLT HAS RWY INCURSION AT SBA
Synopsis
BE35 PLT HAS RWY INCURSION AT SBA
Narrative
THIS EVENT OCCURRED FOLLOWING A HIGH-WORKLOAD VISUAL APCH (150 KIAS OR GREATER ASSIGNED UNTIL 2 MI L BASE) TO RWY 25 AT SANTA BARBARA MUNICIPAL (SBA). APPROX 5 ACFT WERE IN THE LNDG SEQUENCE FOR VISUAL APCHS TO RWY 25; WITH AT LEAST 1 ACFT HOLDING FOR TKOF. THE APCH AND LNDG WAS UNEVENTFUL. DURING ROLLOUT; I HEARD LCL CALL FOR AN RJ DEP TO BE READY FOR POS AND HOLD. BASED ON HIGH TFC FLOW; I PLANNED TO EXIT THE RWY AT THE EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY. SBA HAS A 3 RWY CONFIGN; WITH RWY 25; RWY 14L AND RWY 14R IN USE AT THE TIME. ALL 3 RWYS INTERSECT MIDFIELD. ON RECOLLECTION OF PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE AT SBA; I BELIEVED THAT PARALLEL TXWYS EXISTED TO THE E OF RWY 14L AND TO THE W OF RWY 14R. ON CONTINUING THE LNDG ROLL PAST THE XING RWYS; I EXITED RWY 25 TO THE N; ON WHAT I BELIEVED WAS THE WESTERN TXWY. IT WAS ACTUALLY RWY 14R; AS NO PARALLEL TXWY EXISTS ON THE W SIDE OF THAT RWY. THE LCL CTLR DIRECTED THAT I IMMEDIATELY TAXI CLR OF RWY 14R; AND I COMPLIED AS DIRECTED. NO LOSS OF SEPARATION WITH ANY TFC ON RWY 14R WAS APPARENT; NOR WAS ANY NOTED BY LCL OR GND CTLRS. DURING DSCNT; I HAD CONDUCTED A PRE-BRIEF OF THE VOR OR GPS RWY 25 APCH; IN ACCORDANCE WITH MY APCH RISK FACTORS CHKLIST. I COULD HAVE AVOIDED THIS EVENT THROUGH A PRE-BRIEF OF THE SBA ARPT DIAGRAM ALONG WITH THE APCH PROC; AND IDENT OF THE PLANNED TXWY BASED ON LNDG DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS. I HAVE ADDED A 'PLANNED TXWY' ITEM TO THE APCH RISK FACTORS CHKLIST. THIS IS PARTICULARLY RELEVANT AT UNFAMILIAR ARPTS WITH COMPLEX RWY CONFIGNS AND HIGH TFC.
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