2003-08 · NASA ASRS report 622331
RWY INCURSION RWY 1L BY A HARRIED MD80 FLT CREW WHEN GIVEN A RUSHED CLRNC AND AN AGGRESSIVE RESPONSE BY GND CTLR FOR THEIR 'LATE' REQUEST FOR A RWY 28R DEP AT SFO.
UPON TAXI OUT FROM SFO; FO REQUESTED TAXI CLRNC TO RWY 28R. THE RWY IN USE AT THE TIME WAS RWY 1R; BUT WE NEEDED RWY 28R BECAUSE OF OUR HVY WT. THE GND CTLR SEEMED IRRITATED WITH THIS REQUEST AND SPEWED OUT A HURRIED CLRNC FOR US TO TAXI TO RWY 28R AND THEN 'CHEWED US OUT' FOR ASKING SO 'LATE;' WE WERE JUST AT THE EDGE OF THE RAMP AT THE TIME ON TXWY M. I REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH EARLIER HE WANTS US TO GIVE OUR REQUEST. THE CLRNC SOUNDED SOMETHING LIKE THIS: 'CLRED TO RWY 28R VIA TXWYS M; L; F; HOLD SHORT OF RWY 28L; HOLD SHORT OF RWY 1L; BEGIN TAXI NOW NEXT TIME; DON'T WAIT SO LATE TO MAKE YOUR REQUEST FOR 28'S.' WE BOTH WROTE DOWN HIS INSTRUCTIONS AS BEST WE COULD AND STUDIED OUR TAXI CHARTS. THEN THE CTLR SAID AGAIN; 'ACFT X; START YOUR TAXI NOW; ACFT Y IS WAITING FOR YOU.' I LOOKED TO THE L AND NOTED ACFT Y COMING FAST DOWN TXWY A. AN ACFT WAS XING RWY 1L AT TXWY H AND A CITY CAR DRIVING ON RWY 1L. I HAD SOMEHOW MISSED THE PART ABOUT HOLDING SHORT OF RWY 1L AND TAXIED ONTO RWY 1L TO GIVE ACFT Y SOME MORE ROOM. MY COPLT SAID; 'STOP; YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 1L...I THINK.' I SAID 'OH; OH;' AND STOPPED. HE TOLD GND WHAT WE DID AND HE SAID TO GO AHEAD AND CROSS RWYS 1L AND 1R AND HURRY; THERE WAS A COMMUTER HOLDING FOR TKOF ON RWY 1R. I HAD NOTED HIM EARLIER AND CROSSED QUICKLY AS REQUESTED. NO FURTHER INCIDENT; BUT WE WERE BOTH HAPPY TO BE RID OF THIS HURRIED GND CTLR.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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