Treasure Coast International Airport: Runway Incursions

Serious incursions (Category A and B)

• 2023-01-19 · Treasure Coast International Airport · H25B · DEPARTURE END RWY14 · Category A

  VEHICLE ENTERED THE RUNWAY 14 RSA WITHOUT ATC AUTHORIZATION. VEHICLE (FIRE TRUCK) WAS IN THE GRASS AREA ABEAM TAXIWAY B1 WHEN LC CLEARED AIRCRAFT 2/H25B FOR TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 14. AS AIRCRAFT 2 ROTATED ABEAM TAXIWAY D, VEHICLE ENTERED THE RSA AND PROCEEDED FROM EAST TO WEST JUST OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 14 WITHOUT ATC COMMUNICATION OR APPROVAL. THE VEHICLE WAS NO MORE THAN 20 TO 25 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY PAVEMENT. LC ESTIMATED AIRCRAFT 2 OVERFLEW THE VEHICLE BY AN ESTIMATED 50 TO 100 FEET.

• 2011-11-13 · Treasure Coast International Airport · BE55 / AC11 · RWY 14 · Category B

  A BEECH BE55 WAS HOLDING SHORT OF RUNWAY 14 AT INTERSECTION C8. THE BE55 THEN ENTERED RUNWAY 14 AT C8 WITHOUT CLEARANCE THUS CONFLICTING WITH A AERO-COMMANDER AC11 OVER THE LANDING THRESHOLD FOR SAME RUNWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET VERTICAL. GC AND LC INSTRUCTED THE BE55 TO STOP. THE AC11 ADDED POWER AND MANEUVERED SLIGHTLY LEFT TO NOT FLY OVER THE BE55 AND THEN LANDED. THE BE55 STOPPED ON THE RUNWAY WITH AIRCRAFT TAIL SLIGHTLY OVER THE RUNWAY EDGE. BE55 LENGTH IS 28 FEET, RUNWAY WIDTH IS 100 AND CLOSEST HORIZONTAL IS ESTIMATED AT 25 FEET AND THE AC11 WAS ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN 25-50 FEET VERTICAL AS IT PASSED THE BE55. HORIZONTAL DISTANCE FROM APPROACH END TO C8 IS APPROXIMATELY 750 FEET.