Falcon Field: Runway Incursions

Serious incursions (Category A and B)

• 2019-11-22 · Falcon Field · C152 / PA28 · 4R · Category B

  OVERFLIGHT/CONFLICT EVENT. AIRCRAFT 1/C152 CHECKED IN WITH THE TOWER, AND WAS ASSIGNED LEFT TRAFFIC FOR RUNWAY 4L. PER AIRCRAFT 1'S REQUEST, LOCAL CONTROL 1 (LC1) INSTRUCTED AIRCRAFT 1 TO CONTINUE INBOUND AND CHANGE TO RUNWAY 4R, TRAFFIC WAS HOLDING IN POSITION. AIRCRAFT 1 REPLIED, SWITCHING TO RUNWAY 4R, AND WAS SWITCHED TO THE LOCAL CONTROL 2 (LC2) FREQUENCY. AIRCRAFT 2/P28A WAS IN LUAW STATUS ON RUNWAY 4R. AS AIRCRAFT 1 CONTINUED INBOUND THE PILOT NEVER ESTABLISH COMMUNICATION WITH LC1 OR LC 2, EVEN THOUGH REPEATED ATTEMPTS WERE MADE BY BOTH THE LC1 AND LC2 POSITIONS. AIRCRAFT 1 OVERFLEW AIRCRAFT 2, AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 4R WITH AIRCRAFT 2 STILL IN LUAW POSITION. ACCORDING TO THE FACILITY, AIRCRAFT 1 PASSED OVERHEAD AN ESTIMATED 100-200FT ABOVE AIRCRAFT 2, AND LANDED 2,000FT FURTHER DOWN THE RUNWAY. CONFLICT/FLYOVER EVENT.

• 2018-05-09 · Falcon Field · P28A / C172 · RWY 22R · Category B

  A/C 1 P28A LANDED RWY 22R. AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 22R, A/C 1 P28A WAS INSTRUCTED TO TURN LEFT ON TAXIWAY BRAVO AND HOLDSHORT OF RWY 22L. READBACK WAS CORRECT. AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO TAXI ONTO RUNWAY 22L AND STOPPED ON THE RUNWAY. A/C 2 C172 HAD BEEN CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF ON RWY 22L AND OVERFLEW A/C 1 P28A ON THE RUNWAY. CLOSEST PROXIMITY APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET.

• 2016-03-04 · Falcon Field · XL2 / DA40 · RWY 4R · Category A

  A/C 1/ PILATUS P-3-05 WAS INBOUND TO FOLLOW A/C 2/DA-40 TO RUNWAY 4R. P3-05 REQUESTED TO DO A LOW APPROACH, AND WAS CLEARED FOR A LOW APPROACH BY LOCAL CONTROL (LC). P3-05 THEN ADVISED HE WOULD OVERFLY THE PREVIOUS ARRIVAL. LC DID NOT ISSUE ANY INSTRUCTIONS TO RESTRICT P3-05 FROM OVERFLYING DA-40, OR ANY ALTITUDE RESTRICTION. P3-05 MADE A HIGH SPEED PASS 50 FEET ABOVE DA-40. LOSS OF SEPARATION, CLOSEST PROXIMITY WAS 50 FEET VERTICAL. (QA NOTES: 500 FEET VERTICAL WAS REQUIRED. DISCUSSED EVENT WITH RAP, DOES NOT FIT THE CRITERIA OF A RAE, NOT A SURFACE EVENT. THE PILOT OF A/C 1 MADE HIS INTENTIONS CLEAR AND NO REQUESTS WERE DISAPPROVED. NO FARS WERE VIOLATED.)

• 2008-03-01 · Falcon Field · C182 / DV20 · RWY 4R · Category B

  LOCAL CONTROL (LC) CLEARED A DIAMOND DV20 FOR TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 4R. LC THEN ISSUED TAXI INTO POSITION AND HOLD (TIPH) TO ANOTHER CESSNA ON RUNWAY 4R AND WHEN THE DV20 WAS ROTATING, LC OBSERVED A CESSNA C182 ENTERING RUNWAY 4R WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION AT TAXIWAY BRAVO APPROXIMATELY 1050 FEET DOWN FIELD FROM WHERE THE DV20 ROTATED. THE DV20 OVER FLEW THE C182 BY 100 FEET, THE CLOSEST PROXIMITY REPORTED.

• 2007-10-12 · Falcon Field · PA24 / DV40 · RWY 4R · Category A

  AN INBOUND PIPER PA24 FOR RUNWAY 4R WAS INSTRUCTED TO CONTINUE INBOUND AND "REDUCE TO FINAL APPROACH SPEED YOUR NUMBER 3". A DIAMOND DA40 WAS INSTRUCTED TO CROSS RUNWAY 4R AT TAXIWAY BRAVO. AS THE DA40 WAS CROSSING BRAVO SOUTHBOUND, THE PA24 WAS OBSERVED ON LANDING ROLL THEN EXECUTING A TOUCH AND GO WITHOUT A CLEARANCE. ATCT INSTRUCTED THE PA24 PILOT TO STOP BUT THE PA24 CONTINUED TAKEOFF. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED BY BOTH PILOTS INVOLVED: PERSON IN RIGHT SEAT OF PA24 TOOK CONTROL AFTER OBSERVING THE DA40 CROSSING AND DETERMINED THEY MUST GET AIRBORNE AS HE FELT THEY WERE GOING TO HIT THE DA40. THE DA40 PILOT STATED HE OBSERVED AN AIRCRAFT ROLLING AT "TAXI SPEED" TO HIS RIGHT, HE THEN STATED THAT HE OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT GAIN SPEED AND HE APPLIED FULL POWER TO FINISH THE CROSSING. THE CFI OF DA40 STATED THAT HE OBSERVED THE PA24 NOSE WHEEL LIFT OFF NEAR THE MIDFIELD WINDSOCK ESTIMATED AS 500 FEET FROM B. DA40 ALSO HEARD THE CONTROLLER TRANSMIT STOP TO THE PA24. PA24 ROTATED APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET FROM B AND ESTIMATED TO BE 50-100 FEET VERTICAL WHEN IT PAST THE DA40 AS IT WAS CLEARING THE RUNWAY EDGE.