Friedman Memorial Airport: Runway Incursions

Serious incursions (Category A and B)

• 2006-04-27 · Friedman Memorial Airport · C172 · RWY 31 · Category A

  A CESSNA C172 LANDED NOTAMED CLOSED RUNWAY 31 WITHOUT ATTEMPTING CONTACT WITH ATCT OR AUTHORIZATION. THE C172 LANDED OVER A RAISED 10-12 FOOT FLASHING X MARKER AT APPROACH END 31 ESTIMATED AT 150 FEET VERTICAL IN ADDITION TO HEAVY GRADING EQUIPMENT/VEHICLES STAGED ON LEFT EDGE OF RUNWAY WITHIN FIRST 1,000 FEET. AN INDIVIDUAL, WITH REFUELING TRUCK, WAS ON LEFT EDGE OF RUNWAY WITHIN FIRST 1,000 FEET OF RUNWAY 31 REFUELING THE VEHICLES AS THE C172 PASSED UPON LANDING.

• 2006-04-27 · Friedman Memorial Airport · C172 · RWY 13 · Category A

  A CESSNA C172 TAXIED TO TERMINAL RAMP, SHUT DOWN THE AIRCRAFT AND HAD A DISCUSSION WITH AN AIRPORT OFFICIAL. PILOT OF THE C172 MADE A REQUEST TO THE AIRPORT OPERATIONS CHIEF TO DEPART FROM THE CLOSED AIRPORT. REQUEST WAS DENIED. APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES AFTER LANDING, PILOT RE-ENTERED THE AIRCRAFT, TAXIED OUT VIA B4 AND DEPARTED RUNWAY 13 WITHOUT CONTACTING ATCT OR RECEIVING AUTHORIZATION. THE C172 ROTATED APPROXIMATELY 500-600 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY AND PASSED OVER MEN/EQUIPMENT (AN INDIVIDUAL WAS REFUELING THE RAISED X GENERATOR) AT DEPARTURE END ESTIMATED BY ATCT AT 200-300 FEET VERTICAL. . INTERSECTION B4 TO DEPARTURE END IS 4,300 FEET.