Bradley International Airport: Runway Incursions

Serious incursions (Category A and B)

• 2022-04-30 · Bradley International Airport · B739 · 33 · Category B

  VEHICLE ENTERED THE RUNWAY 33 RSA WITHOUT ATC AUTHORIZATION. RUNWAY 6 WAS CLOSED BY NOTAM. VEHICLE WAS ESCORTING TWO GROUPS OF CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES ON RUNWAY 6 AND WAS THE POINT OF CONTACT BETWEEN THEM AND ATC. ATC INSTRUCTED VEHICLE TO REMAIN OFF OF RUNWAY 33. THE DRIVER SAID THEY WOULD. AIRCRAFT 2/B739 WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON INTERSECTING RUNWAY 33. AS AIRCRAFT 2 WAS CROSSING THE RUNWAY 33 THRESHOLD, ATC ASKED VEHICLE IF ALL VEHICLES WERE HOLDING SHORT OF RUNWAY 33. THE DRIVER REPLIED THAT THEY SHOULD BE. AIRCRAFT 2 OBSERVED THE HEADLIGHTS OF A VEHICLE ON RUNWAY 6 APPROACHING RUNWAY 33 AS THEY WERE ROLLING OUT AND REPORTED THAT THEY APPLIED EXCESSIVE BRAKING TO HOLD SHORT OF THE RUNWAY INTERSECTION. AIRCRAFT 2 STOPPED SHORT OF RUNWAY 6 AND REPORTED THAT THE TRUCK APPEARED TO BE PREPARING TO CROSS THE RUNWAY IN FRONT OF THEM, BUT DID NOT. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE DID CROSS THE HOLD LINE, BUT COULD NOT TELL IF THEY HAD ENTERED THE RUNWAY. IT WAS DARK AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT, BUT ATC ESTIMATED THE CLOSEST PROXIMITY BETWEEN 150 - 200 FEET.

• 2020-07-01 · Bradley International Airport · C560 · INTERSECTION RWY 15/24 · Category B

  AIRCRAFT 1 (C560) LANDED RUNWAY 24 AND WAS ON ROLL-OUT AS AN AIRPORT OPERATIONS VEHICLE (VEHICLE) WAS PERFORMING A RUNWAY SWEEP OF INTERSECTING RUNWAY 15 AND ON A CONVERGING COURSE WITH AIRCRAFT 1. AIRCRAFT 1 LANDED RUNWAY 24 AND ON ROLL-OUT, THE LOCAL CONTROL CONTROLLER ISSUED TAXI INSTRUCTIONS FOR A RIGHT TURN ONTO TAXIWAY SIERRA AND THEN ONTO TAXIWAY JULIET. AIRCRAFT 1 READ-BACK THE INSTRUCTION CORRECTLY. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE AIRCRAFT 1 READ-BACK, VEHICLE REQUESTED TO CHECK THE FULL LENGTH OF RUNWAY 15 AND THE LOCAL CONTROL CONTROLLER ISSUED INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE VEHICLE TO PROCEED THE FULL LENGTH OF RUNWAY 15. AT THE INTERSECTION OF 15/24, AIRCRAFT 1 SAW THE VEHICLE ON RUNWAY 15 AND ADVISED THAT THERE WAS A VEHICLE ON THE CROSSING RUNWAY. THE LOCAL CONTROL CONTROLLER ACKNOWLEDGED AND INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS GIVING WAY. VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING ON RUNWAY 15 TOWARDS THE INTERSECTION OF 15/24 AT 45KNTS. AS BOTH VEHICLE AND AIRCRAFT 1 ENTERED THE INTERSECTION, VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY SLOWED TO A STOP AND BEGAN REVERSE COURSE AS THE AIRCRAFT PASSED IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. ASDE ANALYSIS SHOWS THE CLOSEST SEPARATION BETWEEN VEHICLE AND AIRCRAFT 1 TO BE 136FT AS AIRCRAFT 1 PASSED THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AT 20KNTS OF RUNWAY’S 15 AND 24.