Livermore Municipal Airport: Runway Incursions

Serious incursions (Category A and B)

• 2018-07-15 · Livermore Municipal Airport · BE35 · NA · Category A

  A/C 1 BE35 ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON A CLOSED RUNWAY. A PREVIOUS AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT HAD OCCURRED ON RWY25R AND AIRPORT MANAGEMENT TEMPORARILY CLOSED THE AIRPORT. ATC HAD INCORRECTLY RECORDED AN NEW ATIS BROADCAST AFTER THAT EVENT, WHICH INDICATED THE ATCT WAS CLOSE. IT IS UNKNOWN IF A/C 1 BE35 HAD RECEIVED THAT INFORMATION. A/C 1 BE35 CALLED IN ON HWD LC FREQUENCY AND ASKED IF ANYONE WAS USING THE FREQUENCY. HWD ATCT REPLIED AND RECEIVED NO FURTHER REPLY. ATC NOTICE AN AIRCRAFT ON SHORT FINAL TO RWY 25R AND ISSUED A GO-AROUND IN THE BLIND. NO REPLY WAS RECEIVED, BUT A/C 1 BE35 WAS OBSERVED GOING AROUND AND OVER FLEW THE MEN AND EQUIPMENT ON RWY 25R BY 20 FEET, AS REPORTED BY THE ATCT. AFTER DEPARTING THE AREA, THE AIRCRAFT WAS TRACKED TO A LANDING AT KSJC. LOSS OF RUNWAY SEPARATION OCCURRED.

• 2012-02-04 · Livermore Municipal Airport · CH7A / C172 · RWY 25L · Category A

  CH7 WAS HOLDING SHORT RUNWAY 25R AT TAXIWAY BRAVO. CH7 REQUESTED DEPARTURE RUNWAY 25R FOR A LEFT TURN OUT. LOCAL CONTROL CLEARED CH7 FOR TAKEOFF RUNWAY 25L. READ BACK DID NOT INCLUDE THE DEPARTURE RUNWAY. C172 WAS ON FINAL AND CLEARED TO LAND RUNWAY 25R. C172 INITIATED A "GO AROUND" OVER THE RUNWAY. CH7 TAKEOFF CLEARANCE WAS CANCELLED AND THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED ABEAM TAXIWAY DELTA. TOWER PERSONNEL ESTIMATED OVER FLIGHT HEIGHT AT 100 TO 200 FEET. C172 PILOT ESTIMATED OVER FLIGHT AT 200 TO 300 FEET. OVER FLIGHT CALCULATED AT 200 FEET .

• 2009-10-24 · Livermore Municipal Airport · HXA (EXP) / C152 · RWY 25R · Category A

  LOCAL CONTROL 1 (LC1) WAS WORKING RUNWAY 25R AND ASKED LOCAL CONTROL 2 (LC2) IF THEY COULD OFF-LOAD SOME OF THE NORTH TRAFFIC TO RUNWAY 25L. THE REQUEST WAS APPROVED. LC 2, RESPONSIBLE FOR RUNWAY 25L, CLEARED A QUICKIE Q200 (HXA EXPERIMENTAL) TO LAND ON RUNWAY 25R BY MISTAKE. THE Q200 PILOT READ BACK CLEARED TO LAND WITHOUT STATING THE RUNWAY ASSIGNMENT. LATER LC2 ASKED THE Q200 PILOT TO VERIFY LANDING ON RUNWAY 25L BUT THE Q200 PILOT READ BACK RUNWAY 25R. LC2 MISSED THE INCORRECT READ BACK. LC1 INSTRUCTED A CESSNA C152 TO TAXI INTO POSITION AND HOLD (TIPH) ON RUNWAY 25R AT APPROACH END FOR A FULL LENGTH DEPARTURE. THE Q200 LANDED OVER THE C152 HOLDING ON THE RUNWAY BY LESS THAN 100 FEET VERTICAL (ESTIMATED 50 FEET) AND TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE C152 STATED ONE FREQUENCY THAT IT LOOKED LIKE AN AIRCRAFT LANDED OVER THEM. THE Q200 DID NOT SEE THE C152 ON THE RUNWAY AT APPROACH END.