2023: Runway Incursions

Serious incursions (Category A and B)

• 2023-12-11 · Tulsa Riverside Airport · PA28/A / C182 · RWY 19R · Category B

  AIRCRAFT 1 DEPARTED RUNWAY 19R WITHOUT ATC AUTHORIZATION. AIRCRAFT 1/P28A ADVISED LC READY FOR DEPARTURE. LC ADVISED AIRCRAFT 1 IT WILL BE A SHORT DELAY. AIRCRAFT 1 THEN KEYED UP AND SAID 'TRAFFIC IN POSITION AIRCRAFT 1' AND THEN A PORTION OF THE TRANSMISSION WAS UNREADABLE. LC DID NOT VERIFY WHAT AIRCRAFT 1 TRANSMITTED. AIRCRAFT 1 THEN ENTERED RUNWAY 19R AND DEPARTED WITHOUT ATC AUTHORIZATION. AIRCRAFT 2/C182 WAS CROSSING RUNWAY 19R AT TAXIWAY J. AIRCRAFT 1 OVERFLEW AIRCRAFT 2 AT APPROXIMATELY 150 AGL. ESTIMATED CLOSEST PROXIMITY 150 FEET VERTICAL.

• 2023-11-19 · Blue Grass Airport · CRJ9 / C172 · RWY 4 · Category B

  ATC DID NOT PROVIDE RUNWAY SEPARATION BETWEEN AIRCRAFT 1 AND AIRCRAFT 2. AIRCRAFT 1/CRJ9 WAS CLEARED TO LAND RUNWAY 4 BEHIND AIRCRAFT 2/C172. ON A 1-MILE FINAL, AIRCRAFT 1 ASKED LC TO CONFIRM THEIR LANDING CLEARANCE AS AIRCRAFT 2 STILL HAD NOT REACHED THE THRESHOLD. LC CONFIRMED THE LANDING CLEARANCE AND ADVISED THAT AIRCRAFT 2 WAS A TOUCH AND GO. LC THEN INSTRUCTED AIRCRAFT 1 TO GO AROUND APPROXIMATELY 858 FEET FROM THE THRESHOLD. AIRCRAFT 1 ALTERED COURSE TO THE RIGHT AND PASSED APPROXIMATELY 99 FEET TO THE RIGHT OF, AND APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET HIGHER THAN AIRCRAFT 2.

• 2023-11-14 · Prescott Regional Airport - Ernest A. Love Field · C172 / PA28 · RWY 21L · Category B

  ATC DID NOT PROVIDE RUNWAY SEPARATION BETWEEN AIRCRAFT 1 AND AIRCRAFT 2. LC ISSUED LUAW RUNWAY 21L INSTRUCTIONS TO AIRCRAFT 2/PA28. LC THEN ISSUED UNRESTRICTED LOW APPROACH RUNWAY 21L TO AIRCRAFT 1/C172. AIRCRAFT 1 EXECUTED THE LOW APPROACH AND OVERFLEW AIRCRAFT 2. ESTIMATED CLOSEST PROXIMITY 100 FEET VERTICAL.

• 2023-10-24 · William P. Hobby Airport · H25B / C510 · RWY 22 · Category A

  AIRCRAFT 1 DEPARTED RUNWAY 22 WITHOUT ATC AUTHORIZATION. LC INSTRUCTED AIRCRAFT 1/H25B TO LINE UP AND WAIT RUNWAY 22. PILOT READBACK WAS CORRECT. AIRCRAFT 2/C510 WAS CLEARED TO LAND RUNWAY 13R. AIRCRAFT 1 ENTERED RUNWAY 22 AND BEGAN DEPARTURE ROLL WITHOUT ATC AUTHORIZATION WHEN AIRCRAFT 2 WAS ON AN APPROXIMATE 1/4 MILE FINAL. WHEN AIRCRAFT 1 WAS APPROXIMATELY 1975 FEET DOWN RUNWAY 22, LC INSTRUCTED THEM TO STOP. AIRCRAFT 1 CONTINUED DEPARTURE AND BOTH AIRCRAFT WENT THROUGH THE RUNWAY 22/RUNWAY 13R INTERSECTION AT THE SAME TIME. AIRCRAFT 1 LIFTED OFF AND REPORTED TO LC THAT THEY HAD HIT AIRCRAFT 2. THE WING OF AIRCRAFT 1 HIT THE TAIL OF AIRCRAFT 2.

• 2023-08-11 · San Diego International Airport · C56X / B737 · RWY 27 · Category A

  ATC DID NOT PROVIDE RUNWAY SEPARATION BETWEEN AIRCRAFT 1 AND AIRCRAFT 2. AIRCRAFT 1/C56X WAS ON A 5.2-MILE FINAL AND CLEARED TO LAND RUNWAY 27. LC INSTRUCTED AIRCRAFT 2/B737 TO LUAW RUNWAY 27. AIRCRAFT 1 WAS ON A .45-MILE FINAL, THE ASDE-X ALERTED, AND LC INSTRUCTED THE PILOT TO GO AROUND. AIRCRAFT 1 REPLIED SAY AGAIN, CONTINUING DESCENT THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET. LC ISSUED GO AROUND AGAIN ON A .20-MILE FINAL. AIRCRAFT 1 WENT AROUND AND OVERFLEW AIRCRAFT 2 BY LESS THAN 50 FEET.

• 2023-08-08 · Boston Logan International Airport · C402 / C402 · RY15R/RY22R INTERSECTION · Category B

  AIRCRAFT 1 ENTERED RUNWAY 22R WITHOUT ATC AUTHORIZATION. AIRCRAFT 1/C402 WAS TAXIED TO RUNWAY 22R VIA TAXIWAY A, Z, ONTO RUNWAY 15R, N, HOLD SHORT OF N. THE PILOT READBACK WAS CORRECT. AIRCRAFT 2/C402 WAS CLEARED TO LAND RUNWAY 22R. AIRCRAFT 1 WAS ISSUED LEFT TURN ON TAXIWAY N. THE PILOT READBACK WAS CORRECT. AIRCRAFT 1 MISSED THE TURN ONTO TAXIWAY N AND ENTERED RUNWAY 15R AND RUNWAY 22R INTERSECTION WITHOUT APPROVAL. AIRCRAFT 2 ON LANDING ROLLOUT CROSSED RUNWAY 15L AT 70KTS. CLOSEST ESTIMATED PROXIMITY 100FT OR LESS AS BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE IN THE INTERSECTION.

• 2023-08-02 · Memphis International Airport · B777 / B752 · RWY 27 · Category B

  ATC DID NOT ENSURE CRDA SEPARATION BETWEEN AIRCRAFT 2 AND AIRCRAFT 1. AIRCRAFT 1/H/B777 WAS INBOUND TO LAND RUNWAY 18L. AIRCRAFT 2/B757 WAS INBOUND TO LAND RUNWAY 27. BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE INFORMED OF EACH OTHER. AIRCRAFT 1/H WAS SENT AROUND ON SHORT FINAL DUE TO SPACING OF TRAFFIC ON THE CROSSING RUNWAY. NO CUT-OFF POINT EXISTS FOR ATC TO INITIATE A GO-AROUND WHEN THE CRDA OPERATIONS ARE IN USE. AIRCRAFT 1/H OVERFLEW AIRCRAFT 2 ON RUNWAY 27. CLOSEST ESTIMATED PROXIMITY WAS APPROXIMATELY 141 FEET LATERAL AND 200 FEET VERTICAL.

• 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.