Austin Bergstrom International Airport: Runway Incursions

Serious incursions (Category A and B)

• 2023-02-04 · Austin Bergstrom International Airport · B737 / H/B763 · AUS RWY 18L · Category A

  ATC DID NOT PROVIDE RUNWAY SEPARATION BETWEEN AIRCRAFT 2 AND AIRCRAFT 1. AIRCRAFT 2/B763 WAS INBOUND AND CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 18L. AIRCRAFT 1/B737 CONTACTED LC AND ADVISED THEY WERE HOLDING SHORT OF RUNWAY 18L READY FOR DEPARTURE. RUNWAY 18L WAS NOT VISIBLE FROM THE CONTROL TOWER DUE TO WEATHER. AIRCRAFT 1/B737 WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF RUNWAY 18L AND ADVISED OF B763 TRAFFIC ON 3 MILE FINAL. AIRCRAFT 1 BEGAN TAKE OFF ROLL WHEN AIRCRAFT 2 WAS WITHIN 1 MILE FINAL. AIRCRAFT 2 EXECUTED A PILOT INITIATED GO AROUND AND AIRCRAFT 1 CONTINUED THEIR DEPARTURE. ESTIMATED CLOSEST PROXIMITY, FLYOVER LESS THAN 100 FEET.

• 2021-06-08 · Austin Bergstrom International Airport · CL35 / AS65 · 36R · Category B

  ATC DID NOT PROVIDE SEPARATION ON RUNWAY 36R BETWEEN AIRCRAFT 2 AND AIRCRAFT 1. AIRCRAFT 2/AS65 WAS HOLDING SHORT OF RUNWAY 36R AT TAXIWAY K AND CALLED READY FOR DEPARTURE. LC INSTRUCTED AIRCRAFT 2 TO FLY HEADING 330 AND SAID CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF WITHOUT SPECIFYING THE TAXIWAY OR RUNWAY. AT THIS TIME, AIRCRAFT 1/CL35 WAS ON A 2.25 MILE FINAL TO RUNWAY 36R. AIRCRAFT 2 ENTERED RUNWAY 36R AND CONDUCTED A ROLLING DEPARTURE DUE TO THEIR WEIGHT. AIRCRAFT 1 LANDED AND ADVISED LC THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON THE RUNWAY WHEN THEY LANDED. THE PILOT OF AIRCRAFT 1 LATER REPORTED THEY HAD TO USE GREATER THAN NORMAL BRAKING PRESSURE TO AVOID CATCHING THE HELICOPTER. THE CLOSEST ESTIMATED PROXIMITY BETWEEN WAS APPROXIMATELY 1042 FEET LATERAL.

• 2020-05-07 · Austin Bergstrom International Airport · PA32 / B737 · 17R · Category A

  A PEDESTRIAN ENTERED RUNWAY 17R WITHOUT ATC AUTHORIZATION WHILE AIRCRAFT 1, B737 WAS LANDING. AIRCRAFT 1 LANDED RUNWAY 17R AND CAME TO A STOP SOON AFTER TOUCHING DOWN. THE PILOT ADVISED LOCAL CONTROL (LC) THAT THERE APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN A PERSON STANDING ON THE RUNWAY WHEN THEY TOUCHED DOWN. LC REACHED OUT FOR ANY AIRPORT OPERATIONS VEHICLES ON THE FREQUENCY. AIRPORT OPS RESPONDED AND REQUESTED PERMISSION TO GET ON RUNWAY 17R. LC CLEARED THE VEHICLE ONTO THE RUNWAY. AIRPORT OPS DISCOVERED THE INDIVIDUAL'S BODY ON THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 2000 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END AND ADVISED LC TO SHOW RUNWAY 17R CLOSED. THE PEDESTRIAN HAD BEEN STRUCK BY THE ENGINE OF AIRCRAFT 1.