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Reid-Hillview Airport of Santa Clara County: Runway Incursions

157 reported incursions · 2 serious (Category A/B) · San Jose, CA

By year

  • 20264
  • 20252
  • 20244
  • 20235
  • 20227
  • 20214
  • 20206
  • 20198
  • 20184
  • 201717
  • 201614
  • 201513
  • 201419
  • 201317
  • 201212
  • 20113
  • 20106
  • 20092
  • 20081
  • 20061
  • 20052
  • 20042
  • 20031
  • 20013

By severity category

  • Category C — ample margin to avoid a collision62
  • Category D — no immediate safety consequence57
  • Other / pre-2008 classifications36
  • Category A — serious, collision narrowly avoided1
  • Category B — significant separation loss1

By type

  • Pilot deviation101
  • Vehicle or pedestrian29
  • Air traffic control19
  • Other / unknown8

Serious incursions (Category A and B)

  • 2019-10-09 · Reid-Hillview Airport of Santa Clara County · C172 / C172 · 31R · Category A

    AIRCRAFT 1/C172 WAS CLEARED TO LAND RUNWAY 31L. LOCAL CONTROL (LC) THEN CLEARED AIRCRAFT 2/C172 FOR TAKE-OFF ON RUNWAY 31R. UPON LANDING ON RUNWAY 31L, AIRCRAFT 1 TURNED RIGHT ON TAXIWAY D, AND THE LC INSTRUCTED AIRCRAFT 1 TO CROSS RUNWAY 31R AT TAXIWAY D. AT THIS TIME, AIRCRAFT 2 WAS STILL DEPARTING RUNWAY 31R, AND AIRBORNE ADJACENT TO TAXIWAY C. AIRCRAFT 2 OVERFLEW AIRCRAFT 1 WHILE ON THE RUNWAY BY A FACILITY-ESTIMATED 100FT. CLOSEST PROXIMITY 100FT VERTICAL. OVERFLIGHT/CONFLICT EVENT.

  • 2013-09-28 · Reid-Hillview Airport of Santa Clara County · HXA (EXP) / C152 · RWY 31R · Category B

    LOCAL CONTROL (LC) INSTRUCTED HXA TO LINE UP AND WAIT ON RUNWAY 31R. HXA READ BACK "TAKEOFF RUNWAY 31R NO DELAY". LC FAILED TO CATCH THE INCORRECT READ BACK. LC THEN INSTRUCTED C152 TO CROSS RUNWAY 31R AT TAXIWAY DELTA. CONTROLLER IN CHARGE (CIC) OBSERVED THE OPERATION AND TOLD LC "NEGATIVE, NEGATIVE.” HXA HAD ALREADY ROTATED AND COULD NOT BE STOPPED. HXA OVER FLEW C152 BY 100 TO 200 FEET. ATC TRAINING WAS IN PROGRESS.

Counts are reported events, not a danger ranking. Before FY2008 the FAA used a narrower definition, so earlier years are not directly comparable.

Source: FAA Runway Safety (RWS) database, via ASIAS · United States Government public domain.