AFTER LNDG RWY 28L AT SFO; FLT CREW OF B772 HAVE TO VEER L OF CTRLINE TO AVOID CONFLICT WITH ACR ACFT STOPPED AT TXWY D WHICH WAS ACROSS THE HOLD LINE.

Date: 2004-04 · Aircraft: B777-200

Anomalies: conflict-ground-conflict|critical|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|ground-incursion-runway

Synopsis

AFTER LNDG RWY 28L AT SFO; FLT CREW OF B772 HAVE TO VEER L OF CTRLINE TO AVOID CONFLICT WITH ACR ACFT STOPPED AT TXWY D WHICH WAS ACROSS THE HOLD LINE.

Narrative

ON LNDG ROLL RWY 28L; FO FLYING; I NOTICED A NARROW BODY B757 HOLDING ON TXWY D BTWN RWYS 28R AND 28L. THE NOSE OF THE PLANE WAS VERY CLOSE TO THE RWY (ESTIMATED 10-15 FT). I IMMEDIATELY TOLD THE FLYING FO TO 'VEER L' AND HE DID SO. WE PASSED ABEAM THE STOPPED ACFT APPROX 35-50 FT L OF CTRLINE AND EXITED THE RWY. AFTER ANALYZING AT THE GATE; WE FIGURE THE WINGTIP OF THE B777 EXTENDS APPROX 25 FT OVER THE EDGE OF A 150 FT RWY. IF WE HAD NOT STEERED L OF CTR THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN PROBABLY 10-25 FT OF OVERLAP BTWN MY WINGTIP AND THE NOSE OF THE INTRUDING ACFT. I RPTED THE INTRUSION TO THE TWR IMMEDIATELY; CLRED THE RWY AT TXWY T AND PROCEEDED TO OUR GATE. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES. BEFORE LEAVING THE TWR FREQ; I HEARD THE OTHER PLT STATE THAT HE 'MAY HAVE GONE A BIT PAST THE HOLD LINE' AND I BELIEVE THAT TO BE TRUE. HUMAN FACTORS ARE ALWAYS INVOLVED. I BELIEVE THAT IN SPITE OF THE NUMBER OF RWY INTRUSIONS; WE STILL NEED TO EMPHASIZE A FEW POINTS ABOUT THIS CRITICAL SAFETY OF FLT ITEM; NAMELY THAT PLTS MUST BE ACUTELY AWARE OF THE LINES (BOTH AHEAD OF AND BEHIND THEM) ESPECIALLY BTWN 2 PARALLEL RWYS. YOU MUST NOT ONLY HOLD BEHIND THE LINE IN FRONT OF YOU; BUT ENSURE THAT YOU DON'T HOLD TOO FAR FROM IT AND LET THE TAIL OF YOUR ACFT 'HANG OUT' BEHIND YOU BEYOND A (NOW VISIBLE) CLR LINE. I SEE OVER AND OVER ACFT STOPPED AFTER TURNING OFF OF AN ACTIVE RWY WITH THE TAIL OF THE ACFT NOT YET CLR PAST THE 'HOLD LINES.' I THINK SOMETIMES THAT WE MAY EMPHASIZE SOMETHING SUCH AS 'RWY INTRUSIONS' WITHOUT PROVIDING SOME CONSTRUCTIVE DO'S AND DON'TS SO THAT EVERYBODY GETS THE PROB; BUT SOME CAN'T FIGURE THE ANSWER WITHOUT A BIT OF 'GUIDANCE.' WE (THE INDUSTRY) COULD DO BETTER ABOUT AIRING SOLUTIONS AS WELL AS HAMMERING INTO THE CREWS THAT WE HAVE A PROB.

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