Reno Tahoe International Airport: Runway Incursions

Serious incursions (Category A and B)

• 2017-12-08 · Reno Tahoe International Airport · A319 · 16R · Category A

  A/C 1 /A319 WAS ON DEPARTURE ROLL RY 16 RIGHT, REPORTED TO TOWER THAT HE HAD ALMOST HIT SOMEONE. TOWER COULD NOT INITIALLY SEE ANYONE BUT THEN OBSERVED A PERSON WHO APPEARED TO BE WALKING ALONG THE EDGE OF RUNWAY 16 RIGHT NEAR TAXIWAY JULIET. TOWER ADVISED AIRPORT MAINTENANCE OF THE INDIVIDUAL?S LOCATION AND MAINTENANCE, WHO WAS IN THE VICINITY, ESCORTED THE PERSON FROM THE RUNWAY. AIRPORT POLICE AND OPERATIONS WAS NOTIFIED AND PERSON APPREHENDED AND TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY AIRPORT POLICE. INTERVIEW WITH OPERATIONS PERSONNEL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATES THE INDIVIDUAL WAS ONLY PARTIALLY COHERENT. HE REPORTED TO AUTHORITIES THAT SOMEONE OFF AIRPORT WAS CHASING HIM AND THE ONLY ESCAPE ROUTE WAS ACROSS THE AIRPORT. POLICE REPORTS THIS INDIVIDUAL HAS A HISTORY OF TRESPASSING. CLOSEST PROXIMITY WAS 15 FEET.

• 2011-06-10 · Reno Tahoe International Airport · PAY2 · RWY 34R · Category A

  A PIPER PAY2 WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 34R FULL LENGTH. THE PILOT REPORTED A PEDESTRIAN RUNWAY ACROSS THE RUNWAY THEN SITTING DOWN ON THE RUNWAY. A B737 INBOUND FOR RUNWAY 34R WAS ISSUED A GO AROUND. THE PAY2 PILOT STATED BEING AT FULL TAKEOFF POWER, SAW THE INDIVIDUAL CROSSING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT (JUST SOUTH OF TAXIWAY NOVEMBER) ABOUT 1,800 FEET FROM HIS TAKEOFF POINT AND STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RUNWAY AND SIT DOWN. THE PILOT HIT THE BRAKES AND REVERSERS SLOWING TO 20 MPH, WAS UNABLE TO GET ANY SLOWER BEFORE GOING AROUND THE PERSON. PROXIMITY AT THAT POINT WAS 15 FEET ESTIMATED BY THE PILOT. AFTER CLEARING THE PERSON THE PAY2 CONTINUED TAKEOFF KNOWING THAT A B737 WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 34R. OPS SPOTTED THE INDIVIDUAL RUNNING ALONG THE EDGE OF RUNWAY 25 IN THE RSA AND APPREHENDED HIM ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT.

• 2006-09-08 · Reno Tahoe International Airport · C210 / BE55 · RWY 7 · Category A

  LOCAL PROCEDURES GIVE CONTROL OF RUNWAY 7/25 TO GROUND CONTROL (GC). LOCAL CONTROL (LC) REQUESTED CONTROL OF RUNWAY 07/25 FOR LANDING TRAFFIC AND GC RELEASED CONTROL. A BEECH BE55 WAS TAXIED FROM JET WEST AVIATION TO RUNWAY 16R VIA TAXIWAY ALPHA, KILO, AND BRAVO BY GC WHO FORGOT LC HAD CONTROL OF 7/25. TAXIWAY ALPHA CROSSES RUNWAY 7. LC SCANNED RUNWAY 7 WHEN A CESSNA C210 WAS ON SHORT FINAL AND NOTICED THE BE55 WELL SHORT OF THE HOLD SHORT MARKINGS IN A SLOW TAXI BELIEVING THE AIRCRAFT WAS GOING TO HOLD SHORT. LC CONTINUED TO SCAN TO THE END OF RUNWAY 7 BEFORE TURNING BACK TO NOTE THE PROGRESS OF THE C210. WHEN LC DID, HE NOTED THAT THE C210 WAS ON LANDING ROLL AND THE BE55 WAS CROSSING THE RUNWAY. TAXIWAY ALPHA IS APPROXIMATELY 2,000 FEET FROM APPROACH END RUNWAY 7. THE C210 USED HEAVY BRAKING AND SWERVED BEHIND THE BE55 TO AVOID THE AIRCRAFT. CLOSEST PROXIMITY REPORTED WAS 20 FEET HORIZONTAL.