Zamperini Field: Runway Incursions

Serious incursions (Category A and B)

• 2025-08-03 · Zamperini Field · R22 / AA5 · RWY 29L · Category B

  ATC DID NOT PROVIDE RUNWAY SEPARATION BETWEEN AIRCRAFT 1 AND AIRCRAFT 2. LC INSTRUCTED AIRCRAFT 1/R22 TO CROSS TWY A, RWY 29L CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF. PILOT READ BACK WAS CORRECT. AIRCRAFT 1 ENTERED THE RWY 29L RSA BETWEEN TWY E AND TWY D AND LC INSTRUCTED THE PILOT TO HOLD POSITION. LC INSTRUCTED AIRCRAFT 2/AA5 TO GO AROUND RWY 29L, 350FT PAST THE LANDING THRESHOLD. ADS-B DATA INDICATES AIRCRAFT 1 PERFORMED A TOUCH AND GO OR VERY LOW APPROACH. ON THE GO, AIRCRAFT 2 MOVED RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY IN THE VICINITY OF AIRCRAFT 1, STILL IN THE RSA. CLOSEST PROXIMITY WAS 110FT LATERALLY AND 75FT VERTICALLY.

• 2023-07-17 · Zamperini Field · C172 / C172 · RWY 29R · Category A

  LC DID NOT PROVIDE RUNWAY SEPARATION BETWEEN AIRCRAFT 1 AND AIRCRAFT 2. LC CLEARED AIRCRAFT 2/C172 TO LAND RUNWAY 29R. LC CLEARED AIRCRAFT 1/C172 FOR A NO DELAY TAKEOFF RUNWAY 29R AT TAXIWAY J WITH AIRCRAFT 2 ON 1,500 FEET FINAL. AIRCRAFT 2 OVERFLEW AIRCRAFT 1 BY A MAXIMUM OF 75 FEET AND LANDED RUNWAY 29R. AIRCRAFT 1 ABORTED TAKEOFF PRIOR TO TAXIWAY H AS AIRCRAFT 2 WAS ROLLING OUT 300 FEET PRIOR TO TAXIWAY C. AIRCRAFT 1 EXITED AT TAXIWAY H AS AIRCRAFT 2 WAS APPROACHING C. CLOSEST PROXIMITY ESTIMATED AT 2,100 FEET.

• 2018-09-25 · Zamperini Field · C152 / R22 (HELO) · RWY 29R · Category B

  LOCAL CONTROL (LC) CLEARED A/C 2 R22 FOR THE OPTION RUNWAY 29R. R22 ASKED AND RECEIVED APPROVAL FOR A SHORT APPROACH. A/C 1 C152 REQUESTED DEPARTURE FROM RUNWAY 29R. LC CLEARED C152 FOR TAKEOFF RUNWAY 29R WITH NO DELAY ON THE ROLL. C152 TAXIED ONTO RUNWAY 29R AND BEGAN ITS TAKEOFF ROLL. RUNWAY SEPARATION WAS LOST WHEN R22 OVER FLEW THE C152 WITH A CLOSEST VERTICAL DISTANCE OF 100 FEET. C152 ABORTED THEIR TAKEOFF AND EXITED RUNWAY 29R AT TAXIWAY CHARLIE.

• 2007-03-14 · Zamperini Field · R44 (HELO) / R22 (HELO) · RWY 11R · Category A

  LOCAL CONTROL 1 (LC1) WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR RUNWAY 11L AND LC2, RUNWAY 11R. LC1 CLEARED A ROBINSON R44 (HELICOPTER) TO LAND RUNWAY 11R WITHOUT APPROVAL FROM LC2. A SECOND HELICOPTER, A ROBINSON R22, WAS EXECUTING THE OPTION TO RUNWAY 11R WHEN THE R44 ENTERED THE RUNWAY AREA OF RUNWAY 11R BEHIND THE R22. GROUND CONTROL (GC) OBSERVED THE TWO AIRCRAFT WITHIN CLOSE PROXIMITY OF EACH OTHER AND QUESTIONED THE LC2 POSITION WHOSE AIRCRAFT WAS OVER RUNWAY 11R. THE R22, THE LEAD AIRCRAFT, WAS EXECUTING A TOUCH AND GO AND WAS AT 100 FEET AGL AND 500 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY WHEN LC2 ISSUED CLIMB TO THE R22. PILOT RESPONDED "ROGER, STARING A CLIMB". THE R44 WAS BEHIND AND ABOVE THE R22, 100 FEET LATERAL AND 50 FEET VERTICAL WHEN LC1 INSTRUCTED THE R44 TO OFFSET TO THE LEFT FOR RUNWAY 11L ( "YOU’RE OVER THE RIGHT, OFFSET TO THE LEFT"). CLOSEST PROXIMITY REPORTED BETWEEN AIRCRAFT WAS 50 FEET VERTICAL AND 100 FEET LATERAL OVER THE RUNWAY.