Van Nuys Airport: Runway Incursions

Serious incursions (Category A and B)

• 2025-07-18 · Van Nuys Airport · SR20 / EA50 · RWY 16R · Category A

  ATC DID NOT PROVIDE RUNWAY SEPARATION BETWEEN AIRCRAFT 1 AND AIRCRAFT 2. AIRCRAFT 1/SR20 WAS ISSUED RIGHT BASE RWY 16R. PILOT READ BACK WAS CORRECT. LC1 THEN INSTRUCTED AIRCRAFT 1 TO CHANGE TO, CLEARED TO LAND RWY 16L. PILOT DID NOT READ BACK THE CLEARANCE. LC1 INSTRUCTED AIRCRAFT 2/E50A TO LUAW RWY 16R FULL LENGTH. AIRCRAFT 1 ASKED IF THEY WERE CLEARED TO LAND RWY 16R ON A .29 MILE FINAL. LC1 DID NOT REPLY AND CLEARED AIRCRAFT 2 FOR TAKEOFF RWY 16R. LC1 THEN INSTRUCTED AIRCRAFT 1 TO GO AROUND RWY 16R LESS THAN 100FT FROM THE THRESHOLD AND CANCELED AIRCRAFT 2'S TAKEOFF CLEARANCE. AIRCRAFT 2 DID NOT START TAKEOFF ROLL. AIRCRAFT 1 OVERFLEW AIRCRAFT 2 - AS THEY DESCENDED TOWARD THE 1432FT DISPLACED THRESHOLD - BY APPROXIMATELY 75FT TIRES-TO-TAIL.

• 2023-04-27 · Van Nuys Airport · BE33 / GLF5 · RWY 16R · Category B

  N5582X LANDED ON RUNWAY 16R WITHOUT ATC AUTHORIZATION. N5582X/BE33 WAS ON SHORT FINAL CLEAR TO LAND ON RUNWAY 16L. THE PILOT'S PRIOR READBACK OF LANDING CLEARANCE WAS CORRECT. MVJ54/GLF5 WAS INSTRUCTED TO LUAW FULL-LENGTH RUNWAY 16R, CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF, AND BEGAN A TAKEOFF ROLL. N5582X OVERFLEW MVJ54 AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 16R WITHOUT APPROVAL. PER ADSB DATA, N5582X OVER THE PORTION OF THE RUNWAY NORTH OF TAXIWAY D AT APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET OR MORE AND CROSSED THE DISPLACED THRESHOLD AT APPROXIMATELY 50-75 FEET. THE PILOT WAS ADVISED OF THE ERROR AND EXITED THE RUNWAY AT TAXIWAY M. MVJ54 EXITED THE RUNWAY AT TAXIWAY D.

• 2004-12-20 · Van Nuys Airport · H25A · RWY 16R · Category B

  A BLUE VAN ENTERED RUNWAY 16R VIA TAXIWAY 14-G, TRAVELED NORTH ON RUNWAY 16R TO ABEAM THE TOWER, WHERE IT TURNED AROUND AND TRAVELED SOUTH. A HAWKER H25A WAS ROTATING RUNWAY 16R AS THE VEHICLE ENTERED THE RUNWAY, APPROXIMATELY 1,500 TO 1,000 FEET FROM WHERE THE VEHICLE ENTERED. LOCAL CONTROL (LC) ADVISED THE H25A PILOT OF THE VEHICLE. THE H25A OVER FLEW THE VEHICLE BY 50 FEET AS REPORTED BY ATCT. THE VAN EXITED THE RUNWAY VIA TAXIWAY 13F AND AIRPORT POLICE AND OPERATIONS APPREHENDED THE DRIVER. THE H25A PILOT LATER STATED THEY RECEIVED A CALL FROM TOWER ABOUT VAN ENTERING THE RUNWAY AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS JUST BELOW V1/VR. CAPTAIN REPORTED NORMAL ROTATION AND ESTIMATED OVERFLYING VAN BY ABOUT 300 FEET.

• 2001-10-12 · Van Nuys Airport · PA46 / P28A · RWY 16R · Category A