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Vero Beach Regional Airport: Runway Incursions

106 reported incursions · 4 serious (Category A/B) · Vero Beach, FL

By year

  • 20266
  • 20256
  • 20243
  • 20238
  • 20221
  • 20213
  • 20201
  • 20195
  • 20186
  • 20178
  • 20169
  • 20156
  • 20145
  • 20134
  • 20114
  • 20105
  • 20091
  • 20087
  • 20073
  • 20052
  • 20044
  • 20034
  • 20023
  • 20012

By severity category

  • Category C — ample margin to avoid a collision48
  • Category D — no immediate safety consequence34
  • Other / pre-2008 classifications20
  • Category B — significant separation loss3
  • Category A — serious, collision narrowly avoided1

By type

  • Pilot deviation69
  • Air traffic control20
  • Vehicle or pedestrian9
  • Other / unknown8

Serious incursions (Category A and B)

  • 2009-07-14 · Vero Beach Regional Airport · P28A / P28A · RWY 11R · Category A

    A PIPER PA28A WAS INSTRUCTED TO AND ACKNOWLEDGED CLEARANCE TO LAND RUNWAY 11L. RUNWAY 11R HAD AN ARRIVAL THAT LANDED AND THE NEXT DEPARTURE, A PIPER PA28A, WAS TAXIED INTO POSITION AND HOLD (TIPH) RUNWAY 11R AT APPROACH END. LOCAL CONTROL (LC) NOTICED ON SHORT FINAL FOR RUNWAY 11R AN AIRCRAFT THAT TURNED OUT TO BE THE PA28A FOR 11L AND ISSUED GO AROUND TO THE PILOT BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE LANDING PA28A OVER FLEW THE PA28A HOLDING IN POSITION ON RUNWAY 11R AND LANDED NEAR TAXIWAY C4. CLOSEST PROXIMITY REPORTED WAS 50 FEET VERTICAL. THE DISTANCE FROM APPROACH END 11R TO C4 IS APPROXIMATELY 1,400 FEET.

  • 2005-02-17 · Vero Beach Regional Airport · P28A / PA34 · RWY 29L · Category B

    A PIPER PA28A (SOLO STUDENT) WAS ADVISED TO HOLD SHORT OF RUNWAY 29L AT TAXIWAY CHARLIE1 FOR AIRCRAFT ON SHORT FINAL. THE PA28A READ BACK HOLD SHORT THEN WAS OBSERVED ENTERING THE RUNWAY AT CHARLIE1 AND CONFLICTING WITH A PIPER PA34 JUST OUTSIDE LANDING THRESHOLD. THE PA34 WAS IMMEDIATELY INSTRUCTED TO GO AROUND AND WAS APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET FROM LANDING THRESHOLD WHEN PILOT EXECUTED CLIMB AND FLEW OVER THE PA28A AT 50 FEET VERTICAL.

  • 2002-03-21 · Vero Beach Regional Airport · P28A / P28A · RWY 22 · Category B

  • 2001-11-30 · Vero Beach Regional Airport · PA44 / P28A · RWY 11R · Category B

Counts are reported events, not a danger ranking. Before FY2008 the FAA used a narrower definition, so earlier years are not directly comparable.

Source: FAA Runway Safety (RWS) database, via ASIAS · United States Government public domain.