Springfield Branson National Airport: Runway Incursions

Serious incursions (Category A and B)

• 2018-06-27 · Springfield Branson National Airport · E145 · Category A

  OPERATIONAL INCIDENT, RUNWAY INCURSION WITH CONFLICT. VEH 1, VEHICLE CROSSED RUNWAY 14 WHILE A/C 1 , E145 WAS DEPARTURE ROLL. GROUND CONTROL OWNED RUNWAY 14 WHICH WAS CLOSED TO LANDING TRAFFIC. A/C 1 CALLED FOR TAXI AND GROUND CONTROL (GC) ISSUED INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE E145 TO TAXI TO RUNWAY 20. A/C 1 REQUESTED RUNWAY 14. GC ISSUED INSTRUCTED A/C 1 TO TAXI VIA TAXIWAYS FOXTROT AND WHISKEY TO RUNWAY 14 AND ADVISED THE E145 THAT THEY HAD A RELEASE TIME OF 1751Z. LOCAL CONTROL (LC) INSTRUCTED A/C 1 TO LINE UP AND WAIT ON RUNWAY 14. VEH 1 CALLED GC AT THE INTERSECTION OF TAXIWAYS NOVEMBER AND CHARLIE AND REQUESTED TO PROCEED TO AN AREA ON THE SOUTH WEST SIDE OF THE AIRFIELD. GC INSTRUCTED VEH 1 TO CROSS RUNWAY 20 AT TAXIWAY CHARLIE AND PROCEED VIA TAXIWAYS UNIFORM AND ECHO. LC CLEARED A/C 1 FOR TAKEOFF RUNWAY 14. GC LOOKED AND DID NOT SEE THE MEMORY AID SHOWING RUNWAY 14 HOT AND INSTRUCTED VEH 1 TO CROSS RUNWAY 14 AT TAXIWAY UNIFORM. GC HAD FORGOTTEN THAT THE E145 HAD BEEN TAXIED TO RUNWAY 14 TO WAIT FOR RELEASE. A/C 1 WAS ROLLING ON RUNWAY 14 WHEN THE VEHICLE CROSSED THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT STATED TRUCK TRUCK TRUCK OVER THE FREQUENCY. THE E145 BEGAN TO LIFT OFF JUST PRIOR TO TAXIWAY UNIFORM. THE CLOSEST ESTIMATED PROXIMITY WAS 500 FEET LATERAL REPORTED BY THE PILOT OF A/C 1 .

• 2005-07-14 · Springfield Branson National Airport · BL8 / HXB (EXP) · RWY 32 · Category A

  A BELLANCA BL8 WAS INSTRUCTED TO TAXI TO RUNWAY 32. THE BL8 CROSSED RUNWAY 32 VIA TAXIWAY NOVEMBER WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION AND IN FRONT OF A VANS RV9 (EXPERIMENTAL) ON DEPARTURE ROLL SAME RUNWAY. THE VANS RV9 PILOT STATED HE SAW THE BL8 TAXING OUT FROM HIS RIGHT AS HE WAS ON TAKEOFF ROLL. THE RV9 PILOT STATED HE WAS GOING TOO FAST TO STOP SO HE STEERED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND ROTATED NORMALLY AT ABOUT 50-55 KNOTS AND ABOUT 500 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY. HE REPORTED THERE WAS ABOUT 100 FEET OF LATERAL SEPARATION FROM THE OTHER AIRCRAFT AND HE WAS ABOUT 10 FEET ABOVE THE BL8. HE DID NOT OVER FLY THE BL8 AS IT WAS 100 FEET OFF TO HIS RIGHT.