Centennial Airport: Runway Incursions

Serious incursions (Category A and B)

• 2024-06-15 · Centennial Airport · P32R / PA44 · RWY 17R · Category B

  AIRCRAFT 1 ATTEMPTED TO LAND RUNWAY 17R WITHOUT ATC AUTHORIZATION. AIRCRAFT 1/PA32R WAS ON VISUAL APPROACH AND CLEARED TO LAND RUNWAY 17L BY LC1 WITH CORRECT READBACK. AIRCRAFT 1 LINED UP FOR RUNWAY 17R ON A 4-MILE FINAL. LC2 INSTRUCTED AIRCRAFT 2/PA44 TO LUAW ON RUNWAY 17R WHEN AIRCRAFT 1 WAS ON APPROXIMATELY 1.8-MILE FINAL. LC2 CLEARED AIRCRAFT 2 FOR TAKEOFF WHEN AIRCRAFT 1 WAS ON APPROXIMATELY 0.3-MILE FINAL FOR RUNWAY 17R. AIRCRAFT 2 BEGAN TAKEOFF ROLL. AIRCRAFT 1 REPORTED GOING AROUND ON LC1 FREQUENCY WHEN IT WAS AT THE THRESHOLD OF RUNWAY 17R. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, AIRCRAFT 2 REPORTED ABORTING ITS TAKEOFF DUE TO "TRAFFIC IN THE UPWIND." CLOSEST PROXIMITY (OVERFLIGHT) APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET VERTICAL.

• 2024-02-13 · Centennial Airport · M7 / C172 · RY35R · Category B

  ATC DID NOT PROVIDE RUNWAY SEPARATION BETWEEN AIRCRAFT 1 AND AIRCRAFT 2. GC COORDINATED WITH LC1 FOR AN INTERSECTION DEPARTURE RUNWAY 35R AT TAXIWAY A11 WITH AIRCRAFT 1/M7. LC CLEARED AIRCRAFT 2/C172 FOR TAKEOFF RUNWAY 35R FULL LENGTH FROM LUAW. LC THEN INSTRUCTED AIRCRAFT 1 TO LUAW RUNWAY 35R BUT DID NOT INCLUDE A11. AIRCRAFT 2 WAS PASSING TAXIWAY A13 AND ASKED LC1 IF THE TAIL DRAGGER WAS ON THE RUNWAY. LC1 INSTRUCTED AIRCRAFT 1 TO HOLD POSITION. AIRCRAFT 2 OVERFLEW AIRCRAFT 1 BY 150 - 200 FEET PER ADS-B DATA.

• 2011-11-20 · Centennial Airport · C172 / C172 · RWY 10/28 · Category A

  LOCAL 1(LC1) WAS DEALING WITH STUCK MICROPHONE ON PRIMARY TOWER FREQUENCY (REPORTED TO LAST ONE MINUTE 10 SECONDS). LC1 THEN OBSERVED A CESSNA C172 DEPARTING ON RUNWAY 10 FULL LENGTH FROM C1 WITHOUT CLEARANCE THUS CONFLICTING WITH A C172 ON LANDING ROLLOUT RUNWAY 28 OPPOSITE DIRECTION. THE PILOT OF LANDING C172 LATER STATED THEY OBSERVED THE DEPARTING C172 LESS THAN 500 FEET IN FRONT OF THEM AND APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET OFF THE GROUND. ALSO, THE LANDING C172 REPORTED BEING AT TAXI SPEED WHEN THE DEPARTURE FLEW OVER AT AN ESTIMATED 30-40 FEET VERTICAL, TOOK NO EVASIVE ACTIONS, AND THEN EXITED THE RUNWAY AT C4. ATCT ESTIMATED THE DEPARTING C172 ROTATED 500 FEET FROM THE C172 ON ROLLOUT FOR RUNWAY 28.

• 2009-08-23 · Centennial Airport · L8 / C172 · RWY 17L · Category A

  A FLIGHT OF TWO, A LUSCOMBE L8 AND A AERONCA AR11 WERE HOLDING SHORT OF RUNWAY 17L AT TAXIWAY A1 FOR DEPARTURE. THE L8 PILOT REPORTED READY AND GROUND CONTROL TOLD THE PILOT HE WAS NUMBER ONE FOR DEPARTURE AND TO MONITOR TOWER FREQUENCY. THE L8 THEN ENTERED RUNWAY 17L AT A1 WITHOUT CLEARANCE AND CONFLICTED WITH A CESSNA C172 LANDING SAME RUNWAY. THE C172 FLEW OVER THE NOSE OF THE L8 AS IT WAS ENTERING THE RUNWAY BY AN ESTIMATED 50 FEET VERTICAL AND LANDED NORMALLY APPROXIMATELY 1,000 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE AR11 DID NOT ENTER THE RUNWAY.