BOS TWR CTLR DESCRIBED LAHSO EVENT WHEN HE OR SHE FAILED TO BOTH COMPLY WITH APPROPRIATE PROCS AND ENSURE ALL EQUIP WAS IN OPS.
Synopsis
BOS TWR CTLR DESCRIBED LAHSO EVENT WHEN HE OR SHE FAILED TO BOTH COMPLY WITH APPROPRIATE PROCS AND ENSURE ALL EQUIP WAS IN OPS.
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LNDG RWY 27 AND RWY 22L LAHSO; DEPARTING RWY 22R AND RWY 22L. LCL CTL POS COMBINED. PREVIOUS CTLR ADVISED ME THAT ARRS WERE ON RWY 27 SINCE WIND WAS 300-330 DEGS; 10-12 KTS. WIND WAS VARIABLE; IN AND OUT OF LAHSO LIMITS. IN THIS TYPE OF SIT; LAHSO ARRS ARE CONDUCTED ON AND OFF; TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED UNTIL WIND IS WITHIN LIMITS. I HAD SEVERAL ARRS ON RWY 27 THAT HAD BEEN CLRED TO LAND. SEVERAL ACFT DEPARTED RWY 22R AND A COUPLE WERE WAITING FOR RWY 22L. AS I WAS PLANNING MY NEXT RWY 22L DEP; AN A330; I OBSERVED ACFT #1 TURN IN TO RWY 22L. WIND WAS 320 DEGS. AS I CHKED THE WIND AGAIN; IT WAS 310 DEGS; WITHIN LAHSO LIMITS. I DECIDED THAT THE RWY 22L DEP WOULD WAIT UNTIL ACFT #1 LANDED. IF THE WIND CHANGED; ACFT #1 WOULD HAVE TO GO AROUND. RWY 22R NOT AVAILABLE FOR JET ARRS. ACFT #1 CHKED IN; I ISSUED A LAHSO LNDG CLRNC; WIND WAS 310 DEGS. ACFT #1 ACKNOWLEDGED THE HOLD SHORT INSTRUCTIONS. ACFT #2 WAS ON FINAL TO RWY 27. TFC DEPARTED RWY 22R. I MONITORED THE WIND; ISSUED TURNOFF INSTRUCTIONS TO A PREVIOUS RWY 27 ARR; MAKING SURE OF CORRECT READBACK OF HOLD SHORT INSTRUCTION FOR RWY 22R. WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL RWY INCURSIONS HERE AND RECEIVING A CORRECT READBACK OFTEN REQUIRES SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. I CHKED THE WIND AGAIN AND IT WAS 310 DEGS. I REALIZED THAT I STILL NEEDED TO ISSUE ACFT #2 THE TA REF ACFT #1 LAHSO LNDG. ACFT #2 WAS ALREADY TOUCHING DOWN ON RWY 27. ACFT #1 LANDED ON RWY 22L AND AS HE WAS TURNING OFF THE RWY ADVISED THAT THE LAHSO LIGHTS WERE NOT FLASHING. I CHKED THE LIGHTING PANEL; THEY WERE OFF. I TURNED THEM ON. WHILE MONITORING THE WIND CONDITIONS; CONSIDERING GAR INSTRUCTIONS; ASSURING READBACK OF HOLD SHORT INSTRUCTIONS; I DID NOT ISSUE THE TA TO ACFT #2 IN A TIMELY MANNER. THE WIND CONDITIONS WERE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR A RWY 33/27 CONFIGN. RWYS MOST NEARLY ALIGNED WITH THE WIND; WHICH WOULD HAVE ELIMINATED ANY LAHSO WIND CONCERNS. THE LOWER ARR RATE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN MUCH OF A FACTOR. THE LCL CTL POS PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN SPLIT; ESPECIALLY IN VIEW OF ALL THE RWY INCURSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO PREVENT THEM. SPLITTING LCLS REDUCES CTLR WORKLOAD. I SHOULD HAVE RECHKED THE LAHSO LIGHTS TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE ON; EVEN THOUGH THEY APPEARED ON; DURING POS RELIEF.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.