Gillespie Field: Runway Incursions

Serious incursions (Category A and B)

• 2006-01-09 · Gillespie Field · C182 / CH7A · RWY 9R/L · Category A

  A CESSNA C182 LANDED RUNWAY 9L AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO TURN RIGHT ON TAXIWAY BRAVO, HOLD SHORT OF RUNWAY 9R, REMAIN ON LOCAL CONTROL FREQUENCY. THE C182 PILOT READ BACK HOLD SHORT INSTRUCTIONS CORRECTLY. THE C182 INSTEAD TURNED RIGHT ONTO RUNWAY 17 AND CROSSED RUNWAY 9R THUS CONFLICTING WITH A BELLANCA CH7A ON DEPARTURE ROLL 9R FULL LENGTH. THE CH7A ROTATED 100 FEET FROM THE C182 AND FLEW OVER THE TOP AT 20 FEET VERTICAL. THE CH7A ROTATED NORMALLY.

• 2004-11-02 · Gillespie Field · C172 / C182 · RWY 27L/17 · Category B

  A CESSNA C172 WAS CLEARED TOUCH AND GO RUNWAY 27L WITH A CESSNA C182 ON A 2 MILE FINAL AND CLEARED TO LAND ON INTERSECTING RUNWAY 17. THE C172 LANDED RUNWAY 27L AND APPEARED TO ALMOST STOP ON THE RUNWAY. THE C182 WAS AT THIS TIME ONE QUARTER (.25) MILE FINAL RUNWAY 17. LOCAL CONTROL (LC) INSTRUCTED THE C172 TO TURN LEFT AND EXIT RUNWAY 27L AT TAXIWAY BRAVO. THE C172 DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE AND CONTINUED INTO THE INTERSECTION OF RUNWAYS 27L AND 17. LC ISSUED 3 INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE C172 TO HOLD POSITION AND THE C172 DID NOT COMPLY. THE C182 LANDED RUNWAY 17 AND PASSED 75 FEET BEHIND THE C172. THE C172 PILOT LATER ADVISED TOWER THAT HE HAD A FLAT TIRE.

• 2004-06-13 · Gillespie Field · C172 / P28A · RWY 27L/R · Category B

  N20650, CESSNA C172, LANDED RUNWAY 27R AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO HOLD SHORT RUNWAY 27L VIA TAXIWAY A. N650 TRANSMITTED BUT DID NOT READ BACK HOLD SHORT AND ATCT THOUGHT PILOT DID. N44293, PIPER PA28, WAS EXECUTING A TOUCH AND GO RUNWAY 27L WHEN N20650 CROSSED RUNWAY 27L WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION. N44293 ROTATED 300 FEET IN FRONT OF N20650 AND PASSED OVER TOP BY 50 FEET.