Long Beach International Airport: Runway Incursions

Serious incursions (Category A and B)

• 2025-02-27 · Long Beach International Airport · R22 / RV6 · RY30 · Category A

  ATC DID NOT PROVIDE RUNWAY SEPARATION BETWEEN AIRCRAFT 1 AND AIRCRAFT 2. LC CLEARED AIRCRAFT 2/RV6 FOR TAKEOFF RUNWAY 30 AT TAXIWAY L4. LC THEN CLEARED AIRCRAFT 1/R22 FOR TAKEOFF FROM HELICOPTER PAD 3. AIRCRAFT 1 FLEW WESTBOUND AND CROSSED RUNWAY 30 BETWEEN TAXIWAY G AND TAXIWAY K, APPROXIMATELY 263 FEET IN FRONT OF AIRCRAFT 2 AT THE SAME ALTITUDE. LC ISSUE AIRCRAFT 2 A RIGHT TURN AND THE AIRCRAFT PASSED BEHIND AIRCRAFT 1 JUST SOUTH OF TAXIWAY K.

• 2022-10-08 · Long Beach International Airport · C172 / CL60 · 26L · Category B

  AIRCRAFT 1 LANDED RUNWAY 26L WITHOUT ATC AUTHORIZATION. AIRCRAFT 1/C172 WAS ISSUED A 360 ON FINAL FOR SPACING AND CLEARED TO LAND RUNWAY 26L. AIRCRAFT 2/CL60 WAS CLEARED TO LAND RUNWAY 30. AIRCRAFT 1 HAD A STUCK MIC AND WAS ADVISED THAT HE WOULD FOLLOW AIRCRAFT 2 THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. LC1 INSTRUCTED AIRCRAFT 1 TO GO AROUND MULTIPLE TIMES BUT THE PILOT DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE. AIRCRAFT 2 HAD NOT BEEN ADVISED OF THE CONFLICTING TRAFFIC AND INITIATED A GO AROUND AFTER THEY CROSSED THE RUNWAY 26L EXTENDED CENTERLINE. AIRCRAFT 1 LANDED RUNWAY 26L WITHOUT ATC CLEARANCE. IT IS ESTIMATE THAT AIRCRAFT 2 WAS ABOUT 600 FEET FROM THE INTERSECTION WHEN AIRCRAFT 1 WAS CLEARING IT AND A DIRECT OVERFLIGHT DID NOT OCCUR. CLOSEST PROXIMITY PRIOR TO COURSE DIVERGENCE WAS APPROXIMATELY 150FT LATERALLY AND 50FT VERTICALLY.

• 2022-02-06 · Long Beach International Airport · C177 / B737 · RWY 26R · Category B

  ATC DID NOT PROVIDE INTERSECTING RUNWAY SEPARATION BETWEEN AIRCRAFT 1 AND AIRCRAFT 2. LOCAL CONTROL CLEARED AIRCRAFT 1/C177 FOR TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 26R. 40 SECONDS LATER LOCAL CONTROL CLEARED AIRCRAFT 2/B737 FOR TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 30 AT TAXIWAY L3. ON DEPARTURE ROLL, APPROXIMATELY 1,000FT DOWN RUNWAY 26R, AIRCRAFT 1 EXPRESSED CONCERNS REFERENCE THE DEPARTURE CLEARANCE ON RUNWAY 30 FOR AIRCRAFT 2 AND BEGAN TO DECELERATE. LOCAL CONTROL CANCELED THE DEPARTURE CLEARANCE FOR AIRCRAFT 1 AND INSTRUCTED THE PILOT TO EXIT RUNWAY 26R AT TAXIWAY K2. AIRCRAFT 2 CONTINUED DOWN RUNWAY 30 AND DEPARTED. CLOSEST ESTIMATED PROXIMITY 2,500 FEET.

• 2021-12-13 · Long Beach International Airport · CL35 / SLG2 · 30 · Category B

  ATC DID NOT PROVIDE RUNWAY SEPARATION BETWEEN AIRCRAFT 1 AND AIRCRAFT 2 ON CONVERGING RUNWAYS. AIRCRAFT 1/CL35 WAS ON 9 MILE FINAL AND CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 30. AIRCRAFT 2/SLG2 DEPARTED RUNWAY 26L AND INFORMED THE TOWER OF A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE AND THE NEED TO RETURN TO LAND. LOCAL CONTROL INSTRUCTED AIRCRAFT 2 TO ENTER A LEFT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 26L AND ASKED AIRCRAFT 2 IF THEY REQUIRED ANY ADDITIONAL SERVICES. AIRCRAFT 2 STATED THAT THE ISSUE WAS NOT AN EMERGENCY AND THAT NO ASSISTANCE WAS NEEDED. THE LC THEN CLEARED AIRCRAFT 2 TO LAND ON RUNWAY 26L AND ADVISED THEM THAT THEY WOULD BE IN FRONT OF TRAFFIC INBOUND TO RUNWAY 30. THE LC THEN INFORMED AIRCRAFT 1 THAT TRAFFIC WAS A LIGHT SPORT LANDING RUNWAY 26L PRIOR TO THEIR ARRIVAL. AIRCRAFT 1 ADVISED THAT THEY WOULD REDUCE THEIR AIRSPEED. THE LOCAL CONTROLLER ATTEMPTED TO SEQUENCE AIRCRAFT 2 IN FRONT OF AIRCRAFT 1 BY INSTRUCTING AIRCRAFT 1 TO MAKE S TURNS AND ASKING AIRCRAFT 2 TO TURN TOWARDS THE RUNWAY. HOWEVER, AIRCRAFT 2 DID NOT REPLY BECAUSE THE LC USED AN INCORRECT TRUNCATED CALLSIGN. AIRCRAFT 1 WAS OBSERVED INITIATING AN S-TURN TO THE RIGHT ON 1.2 MILE FINAL. AS AIRCRAFT 1 APPROACHED THE RUNWAY 30 DISPLACED THRESHOLD, INDICATING 130 KTS, THE LC ATTEMPTED TO INSTRUCT AIRCRAFT 2 TO START A CLIMB AND GO AROUND. NO REPLY WAS RECEIVED FROM AIRCRAFT 2, AS THE LC USED AN INCORRECT CALLSIGN. AFTER NOT RECEIVING A RESPONSE, THE LC THEN ADVISED AIRCRAFT 2 TO CONTINUE TO LAND RUNWAY 26L. AGAIN, AIRCRAFT 2 DID NOT REPLY AS AN INCORRECT CALLSIGN WAS USED BY THE LOCAL CONTROLLER. BOTH AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO LAND ON THEIR ASSIGNED RUNWAYS. AIRCRAFT 1 PASSED THROUGH THE EXTENDED FINAL APPROACH COURSE TO RUNWAY 26L AS AIRCRAFT 2 WAS INSIDE THE LATERAL DIMENSIONS OF THE RUNWAY 30 RSA. QA ESTIMATES THAT AIRCRAFT 1 PROCEEDED AIRCRAFT 2 THROUGH THE RUNWAY INTERSECTION WITH APPROXIMATELY 50FT LATERAL AND LESS THAN 50FT VERTICAL SEPARATION.

• 2020-01-08 · Long Beach International Airport · C172 / AA5 · 26L · Category B

  AIRCRAFT 1/C172 ENTERED RUNWAY 26L WITH TRAFFIC ON SHORT FINAL. FLYOVER/CONFLICT EVENT. AIRCRAFT 1/C172 CALLED GROUND CONTROL (GC) CLEAR OF RUNWAY 30 AT TAXIWAY GOLF FOR TAXI BACK. THE GC ISSUED RUNWAY 30 AT J, TAXI VIA TAXIWAYS D AND J; GOOD READ BACK FROM AIRCRAFT 1. AIRCRAFT 1 THEN ADVISED THE GC THAT THEY COULD ACCEPT RUNWAY 26L. THE GC REPLIED THAT BOTH ARE AVAILABLE, AND AIRCRAFT 1 ELECTED TO KEEP RUNWAY 30. AIRCRAFT 1 THEN ASKED THE GC IF THEY CAN CROSS RUNWAY 26L, AND THE GC REPLIED "AIRCRAFT 1 RUNWAY 26L TAXI VIA D". AIRCRAFT 1 READ BACK, "TAXI VIA D". THE GC ADVISED AIRCRAFT 1 TO READ BACK RUNWAY 26L; AIRCRAFT 1 READ BACK "RUNWAY 26L". SHORTLY THEREAFTER AIRCRAFT 1 ENTERED RUNWAY 26L AT TAXIWAY DELTA. AIRCRAFT 2 WAS 542FT FROM THE RUNWAY 26L THRESHOLD, AT AN ESTIMATED ALTITUDE OF 75FT. GC INSTRUCTED AIRCRAFT 1 TO HOLD POSITION WHILE STILL ON RUNWAY 26L, AND THEN MAKE A 180 TO EXIT THE RUNWAY. THE LOCAL CONTROLLER (LC) OBSERVED THE INCURSION, AND SENT AIRCRAFT 2 AROUND. AIRCRAFT 2 STARTED A CLIMB AND OVERFLEW AIRCRAFT 1 AT A REPORTED ALTITUDE OF 75-150FT. OVERFLIGHT/CONFLICT EVENT. HOTSPOT 3 LOCATION, BUT NOT A HOTSPOT EVENT.

• 2017-08-07 · Long Beach International Airport · EC35 (HELO) / A306 · RWY 30 · Category A

  BOTTOM LINE: A/C 1/EC45, AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 30 WITH A PROPER CLEARANCE AND HOLDING AT THE NUMBERS, TOOK EVASIVE ACTION TO EXIT THE RUNWAY WHILE A/C 2/A306 WAS LANDING RUNWAY 30. CLOSEST PROXIMITY 100 FEET HORIZONTAL AND LESS THAN 200 FEET VERTICAL. SUMMARY: A/C 1/EC45 WAS ON THE ILS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 30 AND STATED THAT THEY WILL BE DELAYING ON THE GROUND, AND REQUESTED A 'SIDE STEP' TO PICK UP AN IFR TEC ROUTE TO BUR. LOCAL CONTROL (LC) INSTRUCTED THE EC45 TO LAND ON THE NUMBERS OF RUNWAY 30. THE PILOT READ BACK THE CLEARANCE CORRECTLY. ON APPROXIMATELY 2 MILE FINAL THE EC45 AGAIN ADVISED TOWER THEY WOULD BE ON THE GROUND ABOUT TEN MINUTES TO PICK UP THEIR IFR DEPARTURE CLEARANCE AND LC RESTATED THEY WERE CLEARED TO LAND ON THE NUMBERS OF RUNWAY 30. APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE AFTER THE EC45 ENTERED OVER THE RUNWAY 30 DISPLACED THRESHOLD, LC CLEARED A/C 2/A306 TO LAND RUNWAY 30. LC DID NOT ISSUE RUNWAY EXITING INSTRUCTIONS TO THE EC45. APPROXIMATELY TWO MINUTES LATER, THE A306 WAS OVER THE RUNWAY 30 DISPLACED THRESHOLD. APPROXIMATELY 15 SECONDS LATER, AFTER EXITING RUNWAY 30 AT TAXIWAY D3 OF THEIR OWN ACCORD, THE EC45 ASKED LC TO 'MARK TAPE'. ACCORDING TO POST-EVENT PILOT INTERVIEWS, THE EC45, WHILE HOLDING ON RUNWAY 30, ROTATED THE HELICOPTER TO THE LEFT, LOOKED UP THE FINAL APPROACH AND OBSERVED THE A306. THE FIRST OFFICER SHOUTED 'MOVE MOVE' AND THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO TAKE QUICK ACTION AND CLEAR THE RUNWAY. THE A306 CAPTAIN STATED THAT AT ABOUT 1500 FEET, THEN AGAIN AT 500 FEET, THEY SAW WHAT LOOKED LIKE A BLACK SPOT ON THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY BUT WEREN'T SURE WHAT IT WAS, AND GUESSED THAT IT WAS A RUBBER SPOT. AS THEY CROSSED THE THRESHOLD THEY OBSERVED A HELICOPTER QUICKLY EXITING THE RUNWAY. CLOSEST PROXIMITY APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET HORIZONTAL AND LESS THAN 200 FEET VERTICAL. NOT A HOT SPOT EVENT.

• 2007-06-22 · Long Beach International Airport · LJ25 / C172 · RWY 25L · Category B

  A LEARJET LJ25 WAS TAXIED TO RUNWAY 30 AND INSTRUCTED TO HOLD SHORT OF RUNWAY 25L AT TAXIWAY BRAVO. THE LJ25 PILOT READ BACK HOLD SHORT INSTRUCTIONS. GROUND CONTROL (GC) OBSERVED THE LJ25 PASS THE HOLD BAR ON BRAVO AND INSTRUCTED LJ25 PILOT TO STOP. THE LJ25 CAME TO A STOP WITH HIS NOSE GEAR PAST THE RUNWAY 25L EDGE LINE AS A CESSNA C172, RUNWAY 25L DEPARTURE ROTATED AT F2 AND WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 50 FEET VERTICAL IN A CLIMB WHEN IT PAST THE LJ25 POSITION AT BRAVO INTERSECTION. CLOSEST HORIZONTAL PROXIMITY REPORTED WAS 700-900 FEET. THE C172 DID NOT FLY OVER THE LJ25.

• 2003-05-21 · Long Beach International Airport · P28A / C152 · RWY 25L · Category B