City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport: Runway Incursions

Serious incursions (Category A and B)

• 2016-08-15 · City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport · CRJ7 / LJ60 · 31 · Category B

  A/C 2/LJ60 WAS CLEARED TO LAND RUNWAY 31. LOCAL CONTROL (LC) CLEARED A/C 1/CRJ7 FOR TAKEOFF RUNWAY 35R. TRAFFIC WAS ISSUED TO BOTH AIRCRAFT. AFTER COMMENCING TAKEOFF ROLL, CRJ7 OBSERVED LJ60 ON SHORT FINAL AND ABORTED TAKEOFF. LJ60 OBSERVED CRJ7 ROLLING ON RUNWAY 35R AND WENT AROUND ON SHORT FINAL, OVERFLYING CRJ7. LOSS OF SEPARATION, CLOSEST PROXIMITY WAS 100 - 200 FEET VERTICAL.

• 2004-08-04 · City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport · C172 / C172 · RWY 35L · Category A

  GROUND CONTROL (GC) TAXIED N9457D, CESSNA C172, TO RUNWAY 35L VIA TAXIWAY A-3. N9457D REQUESTED INTERSECTION A-4 THAT WAS NOTED ON THE FLIGHT STRIP AND APPROVED BY GC, AFTER GC RECEIVED VERBAL APPROVAL FROM LOCAL CONTROL (LC). N9457D CALLED LC READY FOR DEPARTURE AS N734XU, CESSNA C172, WAS CROSSING THE RUNWAY 35L THRESHOLD, CLEARED FOR A TOUCH AND GO APPROACH. LC OBSERVED A C172 AT THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 35L AND MISTOOK THE AIRCRAFT FOR N9457D. LC INSTRUCTED N9457D TO TIPH RUNWAY 35L. N734XU ADVISED LC AN AIRCRAFT HAD JUST TAXIED ONTO THE RUNWAY IN FRONT OF THEM ABEAM TAXIWAY A-4. N734XU EXECUTED HIS TOUCH AND GO AND OVER FLEW N9457D. PILOT REPORTED HAVING TO APPLY MAXIMUM POWER DUE TO HAVING 3POB'S AND BEING HEAVY ON FUEL. PILOT REPORTED OVER FLYING N9457D BY 40 FEET.