Atlantic City International Airport: Runway Incursions

Serious incursions (Category A and B)

• 2016-10-13 · Atlantic City International Airport · C421 · Category A

  LOCAL CONTROL (LC) AND GROUND CONTROL (GC) POSITIONS WERE COMBINED DURING THIS EVENT. A/C 1/MK-58 CALLED FOR TAXI AND WAS ISSUED RUNWAY 13 TAXI VIA BRAVO, CROSS RUNWAY 4/22. A/C 1 PROVIDED A GOOD READBACK. A/C 2/C421 INITIALLY REQUESTED TAXI FOLLOWING A PRECEDING LEAR JET. GC INSTRUCTED "FOLLOW THE LEAR JET THERE, BRAVO, CROSSING 4/22 TO 13" THEN ADDED INFORMATION REGARDING HIS ROUTING TO THE WARNING AREA. A/C 2 DID NOT READBACK THE INSTRUCTIONS BUT THEN REQUESTED PROGRESSIVE TAXI INSTRUCTIONS. GC ADVISED A/C 2 OF RESTRICTED VISIBILITY ON THE AIRPORT DUE TO GROUND FOG AND ASKED FOR HIS POSITION. A/C 2 REPORTED HE WAS AT LIMA AND NOVEMBER. GC ISSUED A/C 2 NOVEMBER, PAPA, LEFT TURN ON BRAVO AND A GOOD READBACK WAS PROVIDED BY A/C 2. A/C 1 REPORTED READY FOR TAKEOFF AND WAS ADVISED TO STANDBY. LC ISSUED A/C 1 A TAKEOFF CLEARANCE FOR RUNWAY 13. A/C 1 REPLIED "CLEARED AND SWITCHING". A/C 1 BROADCAST "TOWER YOU COPY THAT PLANE CROSSING IN FRONT OF ME"? A/C 1 FURTHER STATED THAT THE PLANE "CROSSED AN ACTIVE RUNWAY AS I WAS ROTATING" AND CAME WITHIN ABOUT 500 FEET. LC ASKED A/C 2 HIS POSITION AND A/C 2 STATED "WE'RE ON ALPHA HEADING TO 22". A/C 2 CROSSED RUNWAY 13 AT TAXIWAY ALPHA WITHOUT APPROVAL . NOTE: FLIGHT STANDARDS INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED FLYOVER VERTICAL ALTITUDE WAS THIRTY-FEET.