2020: Runway Incursions

Serious incursions (Category A and B)

• 2020-12-19 · Buchanan Field · B350 · 19R · Category B

  (EVENT 2 OF 2) ATC CLEARED AIRCRAFT 1 FOR TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 19R AFTER RECEIVING A REPORT OF A PEDESTRIAN ON THE RUNWAY. A VEHICLE DRIVER REPORTED TO ATC THAT THEY OBSERVED SOMEONE SLEEPING ON THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 1L NEAR THE TAXIWAY G SIGN. THE LOCAL CONTROLLER ADVISED AN AIRPORT VEHICLE OF THE REPORT. THE AIRPORT VEHICLE DRIVER SAID THAT THEY WOULD BE OUT THERE IN A SECOND. THE LOCAL CONTROLLER ADVISED AIRCRAFT 1/B350 TO USE CAUTION DUE TO THE REPORT THAT THEY RECEIVED AND CLEARED THE AIRCRAFT FOR TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 19R (OPPOSITE DIRECTION). AFTER AIRCRAFT 1 DEPARTED, THE LOCAL CONTROLLER APPROVED THE AIRPORT VEHICLE DRIVER TO PROCEED ONTO RUNWAY 01L WHERE THEY FOUND AN UNCONSCIOUS PERSON LAYING ON THE RUNWAY. ESTIMATED CLOSEST PROXIMITY BETWEEN AIRCRAFT 1 AND THE PEDESTRIAN IS 500FT.

• 2020-12-09 · Miami International Airport · E75S / B738 · TWY Z AND RWY 26L · Category B

  AIRCRAFT 1 ENTERED THE RUNWAY 26L RSA WITHOUT ATC AUTHORIZATION. AIRCRAFT 2/B738 WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF ON RWY 26L. AIRCRAFT 1/E75S LANDED ON RWY 26R AND WAS THEN INSTRUCTED BY LOCAL CONTROL TO TURN LEFT ON TWY Z, HOLD SHORT OF RWY 26L. THE PILOT READ BACK WAS CORRECT. AIRCRAFT 1 CROSSED THE RWY 26L HOLD SHORT LINE AT TWY Z AND STOPPED 72 FEET FROM THE RWY 26L EDGE LINE PRIOR TO AIRCRAFT 2 PASSING TWY Z AT A SPEED OF 170 KNOTS. CLOSEST PROXIMITY BETWEEN AIRCRAFT WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 194 FEET LATERAL AND 0 FEET VERTICAL.

• 2020-11-29 · Lawrence Municipal Airport · PA28 / R66 · RWY 23 · Category A

  (EVENT 1 OF 2) AIRCRAFT 1 LANDED ON RUNWAY 23 WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION (TOUCH AND GO). AIRCRAFT 2/R66 WAS IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN CONDUCTING APPROACHES TO RUNWAY 23. AIRCRAFT 1 CONTACTED THE LOCAL CONTROLLER 9 MILES NORTH OF THE AIRPORT FOR LANDING. THE CONTROLLER INSTRUCTED AIRCRAFT 1 TO REPORT 2 MILES NORTH OF THE AIRPORT ON A STRAIGHT-IN FINAL FOR RUNWAY 23. THE CONTROLLER CLEARED AIRCRAFT 2 FOR THE OPTION TO RUNWAY 23. AIRCRAFT 1 REPORTED 2 MILES NORTH OF THE AIRPORT. AT THIS TIME, AIRCRAFT 1 WAS 1.39 MILES BEHIND AIRCRAFT 2. THE LC INSTRUCTED AIRCRAFT 1 TO EXECUTE A RIGHT 360-DEGREE TURN FOR SPACING BEHIND AIRCRAFT 2. AIRCRAFT 1 ACKNOWLEDGED THE INSTRUCTION, BUT DID NOT EXECUTE IT. AS AIRCRAFT 2 WAS APPROACHING THE NUMBERS FOR RUNWAY 23, AN UNIDENTIFIED VOICE STATED THEY ALMOST GOT HIT WITH A PIPER. AIRCRAFT 1 FLEW UNDER AIRCRAFT 2 AND PERFORMED A TOUCH AND GO ON RUNWAY 23. THE CLOSEST PROXIMITY WAS A PILOT-ESTIMATED 25 FEET VERTICALLY AT THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 23.

• 2020-10-21 · Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport · C172 / C172 · RWY 28R AT TWY J · Category B

  AIRCRAFT 1 CROSSED RUNWAY 28R WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION. AIRCRAFT 1 LANDED RWY 28R AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO TAXI VIA RIGHT TURN AT G, TAXI VIA C, HOLD SHORT OF THE RWY 33 APPROACH. AIRCRAFT 1 READ BACK INSTRUCTIONS CORRECTLY. AIRCRAFT 1 MISSED THE TURN ON TXY C AND CONTINUED ONTO TXY D. LC ISSUED INSTRUCTIONS FOR AIRCRAFT 1 TO TURN LEFT AT TXY J AND HOLD SORT OF RWY 33 APPROACH, WHICH WAS READ BACK CORRECTLY. LC INSTRUCTED AIRCRAFT 1 AT TAXIWAY C, CROSS RUNWAY 33 AND TAXI TO PARKING VIA F. AIRCRAFT 1 CONTINUED STRAIGHT AHEAD ON TAXIWAY J AND PROCEEDED ONTO RUNWAY 28R. AIRCRAFT 2/C172 WAS DOING A TOUCH AND GO ON RUNWAY 28R. LC INSTRUCTED AIRCRAFT 1 TO STOP WHEN AIRCRAFT 2 WAS IN BETWEEN TXY H AND TXY J CLIMBING OUT OF 100FT. AN OVERFLIGHT DID OCCUR.

• 2020-09-15 · Fresno Yosemite International Airport · AS50 / 2/F15 · 29R · Category A

  AIRCRAFT 1 ENTERED THE RUNWAY 29R RSA AFTER ATC CLEARED THEM ON COURSE. AIRCRAFT 1/AS50 WAS INBOUND FROM THE NE AND REQUESTED SVFR TO THE RAMP. LOCAL CONTROL (LC) ISSUED AIRCRAFT 1 A SQUAWK CODE AND ADVISED THE AIRCRAFT TO MAINTAIN VFR, 'MAKE APPROACH DIRECT INBOUND', AND REPORT IF UNABLE. SHORTLY AFTER, A POSITION RELIEF BRIEFING TOOK PLACE ON THE LC POSITION. WITH AIRCRAFT 1 1.6 MILES NE OF THE AIRPORT, AIRCRAFT 2/2/F15'S WAS INSTRUCTED TO CHANGE TO DEPARTURE AND CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 29R. THE LC THEN VERIFIED THAT AIRCRAFT 1 WAS STILL VFR. AIRCRAFT 1 ANSWERED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND REPORTED THE FIELD WAS IN SIGHT. THE LC REITERATED FOR AIRCRAFT 1 TO MAINTAIN VFR AND THAT LANDING WILL BE AT OWN RISK ON THE NON-MOVEMENT AREA. AS AIRCRAFT 1 CROSSED THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 29R AT 600FT (270 FEET ABOVE THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY), AIRCRAFT 2 WAS AIRBORNE AND OVERFLEW AIRCRAFT 1 AT 1,100FT. NO TRAFFIC ADVISORIES WERE EXCHANGED BETWEEN THE TWO FLIGHTS. EVASIVE ACTION WAS REPORTED TAKEN BY AIRCRAFT 2. QA ESTIMATES CLOSEST PROXIMITY AT 300FT DURING THE TIME OF OVERFLIGHT.

• 2020-09-03 · Memphis International Airport · B752 / A306 · 18C · Category B

  (EVENT 2 OF 2) AIR TRAFFIC AUTHORIZED AIRCRAFT 2 ENTRY INTO THE RUNWAY 18C RSA WHILE AIRCRAFT 1 WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 18C. AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 18R, AIRCRAFT 2 (A306) WAS TAXIED VIA MIKE, NOVEMBER, ALPHA, HOLD SHORT OF CHARLIE. HOLDING SHORT OF CHARLIE KEEPS AIRCRAFT CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY 18C RSA. GC THEN INSTRUCTED AIRCRAFT 2 TO CONTINUE TAXI VIA ALPHA, YANKEE, CROSS RWY27 TO THE RAMP WHEN AIRCRAFT 1 WAS ON A 2.5 MILE FINAL TO RUNWAY 18C. ASDE-X ANALYSIS SHOWS AIRCRAFT 1 OVERFLEW AIRCRAFT 2 BY 165 FEET AND ADVISED GOING AROUND BECAUSE THEY WERE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH TRAFFIC TAXIING IN FRONT OF THEM.

• 2020-09-03 · Memphis International Airport · B752 / B763 · 18C · Category B

  (EVENT 1 OF 2) AIR TRAFFIC AUTHORIZED AIRCRAFT 2 ENTRY INTO THE RUNWAY 18C RSA WHILE AIRCRAFT 1 WAS LANDING RUNWAY 18C. AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 18R, AIRCRAFT 2 (B763) WAS TAXIED VIA MIKE, NOVEMBER, ALPHA, HOLD SHORT OF CHARLIE. HOLDING SHORT OF CHARLIE KEEPS AIRCRAFT CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY 18C RSA. GC THEN INSTRUCTED AIRCRAFT 2 TO CONTINUE TAXI VIA ALPHA, YANKEE, CROSS RWY27 TO THE RAMP WHEN AIRCRAFT 1 WAS ON A 2.5 MILE FINAL TO RUNWAY 18C. ASDE-X ANALYSIS SHOWS AIRCRAFT 1 OVERFLEW AIRCRAFT 2 BY 165 FEET AND ADVISED GOING AROUND BECAUSE THEY WERE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH TRAFFIC TAXIING IN FRONT OF THEM.

• 2020-08-13 · Fairbanks International Airport · C185 / C182 · 20 · Category B

  AIRCRAFT 1/C185 WAS CLEARED FOR TAKE OFF SEA LANE 2W AND DEPARTED SEA LANE 20W, RUNWAY INCURSION. ATC CLEARED AIRCRAFT 1/C185 FOR TAKEOFF SEA LANE 2W WITH CORRECT READ BACK. ATC CLEARED AIRCRAFT 2/C182 FOR TAKEOFF RUNWAY 2R. AIRCRAFT 2/C182 TOOK OFF RUNWAY 2R AND WAS OVER THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY WHEN AIRCRAFT 1/C185 BEGAN IT'S TAKEOFF ROLL ON SEA LANE 20W. AIRCRAFT 1/C185 AND AIRCRAFT 2/C182 WERE AIRBORNE ON OPPOSITE DIRECTION COURSES WHEN THEY PASSED EACH OTHER. CLOSEST VERTICAL DISTANCE BETWEEN AIRCRAFT WAS 200 FEET. CLOSEST HORIZONTAL DISTANCE WAS 0.17 NM. ATC ISSUED AIRCRAFT 1/C185 AN IMMEDIATE RIGHT TURN TO EXIT THE TRAFFIC PATTERN, LOSS OF SEPARATION AND CONFLICT.