Lafayette Regional Airport: Runway Incursions

Serious incursions (Category A and B)

• 2016-05-15 · Lafayette Regional Airport · E145 / BE58 · RWY 4R · Category B

  A/C1 WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 4R. WHEN A/C1 WAS APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILE FINAL, A/C2 REQUESTED TO DEPART RUNWAY 4R. THE LOCAL CONTROL (LC) CONTROLLER CLEARED A/C2 FOR TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 4R AT TAXIWAY G. A/C1 IMMEDIATELY REPORTED TO LFT THEY WERE ON SHORT FINAL FOR RUNWAY 4R, AND THE LC CONTROLLER RESPONDED A/C1 ?GO-AROUND?. A/C1 DOES COMMENCE HIS GO-AROUND JUST PRIOR TO THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD AS THE MODE C CHANGES FROM 200 TO 300. THE LC CONTROLLER DID NOT ISSUE CLIMB OUT INSTRUCTIONS WITH THE GO-AROUND INSTRUCTION AND DID NOT CANCEL THE TAKEOFF CLEARANCE FOR A/C2. A/C 1 ACKNOWLEDGED THE GO-AROUND INSTRUCTIONS ON A .37 MILE FINAL. A/C1 OVERFLEW RUNWAY 4R AS A/C2 WAS DEPARTING. THE CLOSEST PROXIMITY IS NOT AVAILABLE; HOWEVER, A/C1 WAS APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY AT TAXIWAY G AND 0.49 MILES IN FRONT OF A/C2 WHEN A/C2 APPEARED ON THE RADAR REPLAY. A REVIEW OF THE AVAILABLE DATA INDICATES A/C 1 VEERED SLIGHTLY LEFT BUT FOR THE MOST PART REMAINED OVER THE RUNWAY UNTIL TURNING EAST BOUND AT THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY.