Pueblo Memorial Airport: Runway Incursions

Serious incursions (Category A and B)

• 2022-02-07 · Pueblo Memorial Airport · DA20 / DA20 · RUNWAY 26R · Category A

  ATC DID NOT PROVIDE RUNWAY SEPARATION ON RUNWAY 26R BETWEEN AIRCRAFT 1 AND AIRCRAFT 2. AIRCRAFT 2/DA20 WAS IN RIGHT CLOSED TRAFFIC RUNWAY 26R ON AN EXTENDED DOWNWIND. AIRCRAFT 2 REPORTED TURNING (APPROXIMATELY 1.3 MILE) BASE FOR FULL STOP AND THE LC1 CLEARED THE PILOT FOR THE OPTION. AIRCRAFT 1/DA20 WAS ALSO IN RIGHT CLOSED TRAFFIC FOR RUNWAY 26R AND WAS NOT AWARE AIRCRAFT 2 AHEAD HAD EXTENDED DOWNWIND. AIRCRAFT 1 REPORTED TURNING (APPROXIMATELY .5 MILE) BASE AND LC1 CLEARED AIRCRAFT 1 FOR THE OPTION WITH NO SEQUENCE OR TRAFFIC ADVISORY. AIRCRAFT 1 TURNED RIGHT BASE ADJACENT TO AIRCRAFT 2. BOTH AIRCRAFT CROSSED THE RUNWAY 26R THRESHOLD AT THE SAME TIME. AIRCRAFT 2 REPORTED "ON THE GO" OVER RUNWAY 26R AND REPORTED THAT AN AIRCRAFT FLEW OVER THE TOP OF THEM. AIRCRAFT 1 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CLIMBING WHEN THE LOCAL CONTROLLER INSTRUCTED AIRCRAFT 2 TO FOLLOW TRAFFIC AHEAD. AIRCRAFT 2 REPORTED AIRCRAFT 1 IN SIGHT. CLOSEST PROXIMITY ESTIMATED BY PILOT 0 FT. LATERAL AND 15 FT. VERTICAL. THE PILOT REPORTED AN OVERFLIGHT OCCURRED.