LIT CTLR INTENDS TO TAXI AC50 INTO POS ON RWY 36 BUT SAYS RWY 4L. SUBSEQUENTLY THE LEARJET ON FINAL FOR RWY 4L IS INSTRUCTED TO GO AROUND TO AVOID A CONFLICT.

Date: 2006-06 · Aircraft: Bombardier Learjet Undifferentiated or Other Model · Phase: approach

Anomalies: conflict-ground-conflict|less-severe

Synopsis

LIT CTLR INTENDS TO TAXI AC50 INTO POS ON RWY 36 BUT SAYS RWY 4L. SUBSEQUENTLY THE LEARJET ON FINAL FOR RWY 4L IS INSTRUCTED TO GO AROUND TO AVOID A CONFLICT.

Narrative

I WAS WORKING THE LCL CTL POS. A LEARJET WAS ON FINAL TO RWY 4L AND AN AC50 WAS WAITING FOR DEP ON RWY 36. THERE WAS TFC XING RWY 36 SO I TOLD THE AC50 TO TAXI INTO POS AND HOLD ON RWY 36. THE LEARJET ASKED IF HE WAS CLRED TO LAND ON RWY 4L AND I SAID YES. RWY 4L AND RWY 36 COME TOGETHER AT THE END BUT DON'T CROSS AND CAN BE USED FOR ARRS ON ONE; AND DEPS ON THE OTHER AT THE SAME TIME. I WAS WATCHING THE AC50 AND HE WAS XING RWY 36 AND GOING ONTO RWY 4L. I SENT THE LEARJET AROUND AND GOT THE AC50 BACK TO RWY 36 AND CLRED HIM FOR TKOF ONCE THE RWY WAS CLR. I FELT IN THE BACK OF MY MIND THAT I HAD MISSED SOMETHING AND THE LEARJET ASKING ABOUT BEING CLRED TO LAND WAS SIGNIFICANT. I TOLD MY SUPVR ABOUT THE INCIDENT AND WE LISTENED TO THE TAPES. INSTEAD OF TELLING THE AC50 TO TAXI INTO POS AND HOLD ON RWY 36; I HAD SAID RWY 4L. THE AC50 READ BACK RWY 36 AND THE LEARJET ASKED ABOUT THE LNDG CLRNC ON RWY 4L AT ALMOST THE SAME TIME. I MISSED THE READBACK FROM THE AC50. SOMETIMES WHEN YOU LISTEN TO THE TAPES YOU CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU SAID WHAT YOU DID. ACFT ASK ABOUT LNDG CLRNCS ON FINAL A LOT BUT I HAD A FUNNY FEELING ABOUT THIS TIME AND IF I HAD FOLLOWED THROUGH AND MADE SURE WITH THE AC50 ABOUT RWY 36 I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD TO SEND THE LEARJET AROUND. WHEN USING RWY 36 AND RWY 4L AT THE SAME TIME I ALWAYS TRY TO KEEP A CLOSER EYE ON THE RWY END AND THE ACFT BECAUSE THERE IS ALWAYS THE POSSIBILITY OF GOING TO THE WRONG RWY BECAUSE OF THE RWY CONFIGN. I SAID THE WRONG THING; I DIDN'T CATCH THE READBACK FROM THE AC50 BUT AT LEAST I SAW THE SITUATION AND SENT THE LEARJET AROUND IN TIME TO AVOID AN ERROR. I BELIEVE THE LEARJET KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WAS GOING ON AND WOULD HAVE GONE AROUND ON HIS OWN IF I HADN'T SENT HIM AROUND. TO AVOID THIS SITUATION -- BESIDES THE OBVIOUS THING OF SAYING WHAT YOU MEAN TO SAY -- ALWAYS LISTEN FOR A READBACK AND IF YOU DON'T HEAR IT; ASK FOR IT. THE PLT READ BACK THE INSTRUCTION BUT I DIDN'T HEAR IT. I SHOULD HAVE ASKED FOR A READBACK SINCE I DIDN'T HEAR THE PLT MAKE THE FIRST ONE.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.