OMA LCL CTLR EXPERIENCED OPERROR WHEN DEP FROM RWY 14R CONFLICTED WITH LNDG ON RWY 18.
Synopsis
OMA LCL CTLR EXPERIENCED OPERROR WHEN DEP FROM RWY 14R CONFLICTED WITH LNDG ON RWY 18.
Narrative
I WAS WORKING LCL CTL AT OMAHA ARPT. I WAS VERY BUSY WITH A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON SIMULTANEOUSLY. RWY 14L WAS CLOSED. ALL ACFT WERE USING RWY 18 OR RWY 14R. I HAD AN ACFT IN CLOSED TFC; TOUCH-AND-GOES ON RWY 18; A HELI TRANSITIONING MY AIRSPACE AS WELL AS AN ACFT WITH A GEAR PROB. AT XA39 I TOLD ACR Y TO 'HOLD SHORT OF RWY 14R.' AT XA41:40 I ASKED ACR Y IF HE COULD MAKE AN IMMEDIATE DEP; HE SAID YES; SO I SAID 'ACR Y CLRED FOR IMMEDIATE TKOF RWY 14R; TFC 3 MI FINAL LNDG RWY 18.' THE WIND WAS ALMOST DIRECTLY OUT OF THE S 180-210 DEGS AT 10-12 KTS. THE ACFT ON FINAL WAS A PC-12/L TURBO PROP; FAIRLY SLOW. ACFT X AS I RECALL. HE WAS DOING ABOUT 110 KTS ON FINAL. AT XA42:33; ACFT X ASKED IF HE SHOULD HOLD SHORT OF RWY 14R; I SAID AFFIRMATIVE. I THEN REALIZED THAT ACR Y WAS JUST STARTING HIS TKOF ROLL 54 SECONDS AFTER HE SAID HE COULD MAKE AN IMMEDIATE DEP. WE CAN'T USE 'POS AND HOLD ANYMORE;' SO I FEEL THIS ACR Y WAS A DIRECT CONTRIBUTOR TO THIS ERROR. GRANTED I SHOULD HAVE SEEN IT; BUT I WAS ALSO WORKING TO KEEP AIRBORNE ACFT APART. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 730561: I WAS INBOUND FOR LNDG AT OMA. VISIBILITY WAS ABOUT 7 MI WITH CLR SKIES. RWYS IN USE WERE RWY 14L; 14R; AND 18. APCH ASSIGNED ME RWY 18. I JOINED THE LOC AND WAS HANDED OFF FROM APCH TO TWR CTL AT THE MARKER. UPON LNDG; I PLANNED TO CLR THE RWY WITH A L TURN AT TXWY C. NOTE: RWYS 18; 14R AND TXWY C ALL INTERSECT AT THE SAME POINT. I TOUCHED DOWN ON THE TOUCHDOWN ZONE. ON THE ROLLOUT; SOMETHING DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT AND I SLOWED AS I APCHED THE RWY 14R/C INTXN. AS I SLOWLY APCHED AND STOPPED SHORT OF THE RWY 14R/C INTXN; SOMEONE KEYED THE MIKE AND I HEARD 'IS THAT GUY GONNA HOLD SHORT?' 2 OR 3 SECONDS LATER; AS I ATTEMPTED TO LOOK OVER MY R SHOULDER FROM THE L SEAT; ANOTHER VOICE CAME ON FREQ WITH 1 WORD 'JEESUS.' WITHIN 3 SECONDS OF THAT XMISSION I OBSERVED A CRJ TAKING OFF RWY 14R FROM MY R TO L. THEY OVERFLEW THE INTXN DIRECTLY AHEAD OF ME AT AN APPROX ALT OF 70-100 FT. I REMAINED STOPPED ON RWY 18 SHORT OF THE RWY 14R/C INTXN FOR 5-7 SECONDS AT WHICH POINT THE TWR CTLR XMITTED 'ACFT X; TURN L AT TXWY C; NO DELAY....' I RESPONDED 'L ON CHARLIE.' I PROCEEDED IN TO THE INTXN; TURNED L ON TXWY C AND TAXIED TO AND HELD SHORT OF RWY 14L. AFTER 5-10 SECONDS OF HOLDING; I XMITTED 'IS ACFT X CLRED TO CROSS ONE-FOUR L?' TWR RESPONDED 'ACFT X; CROSS ONE-FOUR L; CONTACT GND POINT NINER.' I CROSSED THE RWY AND TAXIED TO THE FBO. AFTER SHUTDOWN; AND UPON REFLECTION; I WONDERED 'WHY IN THE WORLD DIDN'T I HEAR THE TWR CLR THAT JET FOR TKOF ON RWY 14R AND CATCH HIS MISTAKE?' I MUST HAVE HEARD THE TKOF CLRNC WHILE ON SHORT FINAL AND FAIL TO PROCESS IT. ON THE OTHER HAND; DURING MY ROLLOUT; I HAD A STRONG FEELING THAT 'SOMETHING JUST WASN'T RIGHT' AND WAS SLOWED DOWN AND NEARLY STOPPED BEFORE THAT FIRST XMISSION OF 'IS THAT GUY GONNA HOLD SHORT.' IMPORTANT NOTES: I WAS CLRED TO LAND ON RWY 18. I WAS NOT ISSUED AND DID NOT ACCEPT A LAHSO CLRNC. FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO MY FAILURE TO RECOGNIZE THE CTLR'S MISTAKE AND THE CONFLICT IT CREATED: CUMULATIVE FATIGUE -- I WAS 11+ HRS INTO MY THIRD LONG DAY IN A ROW. I WAS ON MY 12TH OF 13 LEGS IN THE PREVIOUS 3 DAYS INCLUDING MULTIPLE INST APCHS. I WAS SINGLE PLT FOR ALL OF THESE FLTS. THE CURRENT ATIS AID 'LNDG AND DEPARTING RWYS 14L; 14R AND 18.' THERE WAS NO SPECIAL NOTE SUCH AS 'OPS TO INTERSECTING RWYS ARE IN USE.' ANY TIME OPS INVOLVING INTERSECTING RWYS ARE IN USE -- ESPECIALLY IN VMC -- THE POTENTIAL FOR CATASTROPHIC TFC INCURSIONS EXISTS.
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