Number 256
December 2000
Safe Communications in Airport Surface Operations
ASRS is currently conducting a “structured callback” (telephone survey) study for the FAA on runway incursion incidents that occur at uncontrolled airports, or airports at which the Tower is closed during nighttime and early morning hours. A recent controller’s report to ASRS offers insight into why some runway incursion incidents and ground conflicts occur when the Tower is not operating. Maybe it is time to remind all pilots…that using the CTAF is in their best interest, as it can prevent accidents from happening. And the CTAF is not just for landing or take-off, but should also be used when taxiing around on the airport, especially when crossing a runway. The Common Traffic Advisory Frequency (CTAF) is a frequency designed to carry out airport advisory practices while operating to or from uncontrolled airports. The CTAF may be a UNICOM, Multicom, FSS, or Tower frequency. It is clearly identified in VFR Terminal Area and sectional charts, the Airport/Facility Directory, Jeppesen Low Altitude Enroute charts, and other aeronautical publications used by general aviation and air transport pilots. If a pilot operating at an uncontrolled field sees the movement of other aircraft, but doesn’t hear anything on frequency, this may indicate that the pilot has tuned an incorrect CTAF frequency.
s Before the Tower opens, aircraft taxi about the airport,
crossing runways, with no announcements on the CTAF. Also numerous corporate jets land and depart without making any announcements on the CTAF. I imagine they must be [thinking], “I don’t hear anyone so no one must be around but me, so why bother announcing.” It is mostly corporate jets and turboprops that are failing to use the CTAF, and as traffic continues to increase, an incident is in the making.
Runway Incursion, Pedestrian Version
The FAA and many pilot organizations have given much attention in recent months to prevention of runway incursions involving aircraft. However, these events may also involve pedestrians, as a general aviation pilot discovered after parking his aircraft at a new FBO. safe, I looked for traffic and walked around the threshold end of Runway 10 in the mud. After I had passed, I noticed a Cessna 172 and a King Air enter the run-up area, then they took Runway 10 for takeoff a few minutes later. At that time I realized this runway was still active. I continued to walk to the FBO across the newly constructed ramp area south of Runway 10 when the airport authority representative in a truck stopped me… He informed me that what I had done was a runway incursion and, after quick reflection, I agreed with him… The airport authority suggested I contact the FBO by phone, as it is part of their services to me as a pilot to help me get around the airport in just such instances. While the runway incursion event with an airplane was clear to me through reading AOPA Air Safety Foundation literature, I did not comprehend at the time the same event could be triggered by a pedestrian. I now fully understand this and will avoid it under all circumstances in the future. In 1999, the most recent complete year for which the FAA has collected runway incursion data, VehiclePedestrian deviations accounted for 19% of all runway incursion events. Pilots who find themselves in our reporter’s situation should resist walking or driving across the airport surface. Help is usually just a phone call (or radio call) away.
s I had flown into [airport] with a CFII for my
instrument cross-country requirement, and the aircraft was secured with…a new FBO. Weather the following day prevented my departure, so we stayed over another day… My brother-in-law drove me to the airport but we were unable to locate the road to get to the new FBO location. Time was getting late to make my takeoff…and my brother-in-law was going to be late for work. We never did find the road that led to the FBO. We noticed what appeared to be a ramp path from some hangers just south of the Tower area, where I could see the FBO across what appeared to be all ramp. Some new construction was also seen, a new taxiway to the new FBO area with cones blocking any vehicle movement on the taxiway. I elected to take what seemed to be a safe path across a construction zone. I did not see any runways when I exited my brother-in-law’s car… As I approached the construction area, I noticed the Runway 10 threshold and realized the runway was there, but still thought it was part of the construction area as the runway’s surface condition was quite rough. To be
ASRS Recently Issued Alerts On…
Recurring flap control unit fault on a EMB-120 Cessna 560X emergency pressure valve failure LAHSO operation incident at a major Northeast airport An airport group on a runway during an air carrier landing Jet Stream 3200 uncommanded inflight engine spooldown
A Monthly Safety Bulletin from The Office of the NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System, P.O. Box 189, Moffett Field, CA 94035-0189 http://asrs.arc.nasa.gov/
October 2000 Report Intake
Air Carrier / Air Taxi Pilots General Aviation Pilots Controllers Cabin/Mechanics/Military/Other TOTAL 2376 701 108 202 3387
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December 2000
Safe Communications in Airport Surface Operations
ASRS is currently conducting a “structured callback” (telephone survey) study for the FAA on runway incursion incidents that occur at uncontrolled airports, or airports at which the Tower is closed during nighttime and early morning hours. A recent controller’s report to ASRS offers insight into why some runway incursion incidents and ground conflicts occur when the Tower is not operating. Maybe it is time to remind all pilots…that using the CTAF is in their best interest, as it can prevent accidents from happening. And the CTAF is not just for landing or take-off, but should also be used when taxiing around on the airport, especially when crossing a runway. The Common Traffic Advisory Frequency (CTAF) is a frequency designed to carry out airport advisory practices while operating to or from uncontrolled airports. The CTAF may be a UNICOM, Multicom, FSS, or Tower frequency. It is clearly identified in VFR Terminal Area and sectional charts, the Airport/Facility Directory, Jeppesen Low Altitude Enroute charts, and other aeronautical publications used by general aviation and air transport pilots. If a pilot operating at an uncontrolled field sees the movement of other aircraft, but doesn’t hear anything on frequency, this may indicate that the pilot has tuned an incorrect CTAF frequency.
s Before the Tower opens, aircraft taxi about the airport,
crossing runways, with no announcements on the CTAF. Also numerous corporate jets land and depart without making any announcements on the CTAF. I imagine they must be [thinking], “I don’t hear anyone so no one must be around but me, so why bother announcing.” It is mostly corporate jets and turboprops that are failing to use the CTAF, and as traffic continues to increase, an incident is in the making.
Runway Incursion, Pedestrian Version
The FAA and many pilot organizations have given much attention in recent months to prevention of runway incursions involving aircraft. However, these events may also involve pedestrians, as a general aviation pilot discovered after parking his aircraft at a new FBO. safe, I looked for traffic and walked around the threshold end of Runway 10 in the mud. After I had passed, I noticed a Cessna 172 and a King Air enter the run-up area, then they took Runway 10 for takeoff a few minutes later. At that time I realized this runway was still active. I continued to walk to the FBO across the newly constructed ramp area south of Runway 10 when the airport authority representative in a truck stopped me… He informed me that what I had done was a runway incursion and, after quick reflection, I agreed with him… The airport authority suggested I contact the FBO by phone, as it is part of their services to me as a pilot to help me get around the airport in just such instances. While the runway incursion event with an airplane was clear to me through reading AOPA Air Safety Foundation literature, I did not comprehend at the time the same event could be triggered by a pedestrian. I now fully understand this and will avoid it under all circumstances in the future. In 1999, the most recent complete year for which the FAA has collected runway incursion data, VehiclePedestrian deviations accounted for 19% of all runway incursion events. Pilots who find themselves in our reporter’s situation should resist walking or driving across the airport surface. Help is usually just a phone call (or radio call) away.
s I had flown into [airport] with a CFII for my
instrument cross-country requirement, and the aircraft was secured with…a new FBO. Weather the following day prevented my departure, so we stayed over another day… My brother-in-law drove me to the airport but we were unable to locate the road to get to the new FBO location. Time was getting late to make my takeoff…and my brother-in-law was going to be late for work. We never did find the road that led to the FBO. We noticed what appeared to be a ramp path from some hangers just south of the Tower area, where I could see the FBO across what appeared to be all ramp. Some new construction was also seen, a new taxiway to the new FBO area with cones blocking any vehicle movement on the taxiway. I elected to take what seemed to be a safe path across a construction zone. I did not see any runways when I exited my brother-in-law’s car… As I approached the construction area, I noticed the Runway 10 threshold and realized the runway was there, but still thought it was part of the construction area as the runway’s surface condition was quite rough. To be
ASRS Recently Issued Alerts On…
Recurring flap control unit fault on a EMB-120 Cessna 560X emergency pressure valve failure LAHSO operation incident at a major Northeast airport An airport group on a runway during an air carrier landing Jet Stream 3200 uncommanded inflight engine spooldown
A Monthly Safety Bulletin from The Office of the NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System, P.O. Box 189, Moffett Field, CA 94035-0189 http://asrs.arc.nasa.gov/
October 2000 Report Intake
Air Carrier / Air Taxi Pilots General Aviation Pilots Controllers Cabin/Mechanics/Military/Other TOTAL 2376 701 108 202 3387
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