Controller Faulted for Near Collision an Airliner on Go-Around Passed 100 Ft Above a Regional Jet Holding on the Runway

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Controller Faulted for Near Collision an Airliner on Go-Around Passed 100 Ft Above a Regional Jet Holding on the Runway ONRECOrd Controller Faulted for Near Collision An airliner on go-around passed 100 ft above a regional jet holding on the runway. BY MARK LACAGNINA The following information provides an aware- Comair crew that arriving traffic, the 737, was ness of problems that can be avoided in the on a four-nm (seven-km) final approach. future. The information is based on final reports “At 2345:15, the controller began a series of on aircraft accidents and incidents by official exchanges with a helicopter that was 38 miles investigative authorities. [70 km] from [the airport] and trying to contact Miami Approach Control,” the report said. “The JETS controller stated that he spent some time working with the helicopter pilot, trying to establish his Workload Incorrectly Prioritized altitude and position in order to give the pilot Boeing 737-400, Canadair Regional Jet. No damage. No injuries. the correct [radio] frequency. At that point, the controller said he mistakenly believed that he had S Airways Flight 1251, a 737-400, was already cleared [the Regional Jet] for takeoff.” about 10 nm (19 km) from the runway At 2345:48, the 737 crew asked the control- Uat Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood (Florida, ler if they had been cleared to land. “When [the U.S.) International Airport when the local crew] questioned his landing clearance, the controller cleared the flight crew to land on controller stated that he scanned the runway Runway 09L at 2342 local time Nov. 9, 2005. The and the radar display and didn’t see anything, controller also advised the crew that several air- so he repeated the landing clearance,” the report craft would be departing from the runway, said said. “Immediately, an unidentified voice on the the report by the U.S. National Transportation frequency stated, ‘Traffic on nine left.’” Safety Board (NTSB). The controller said that he did not hear the The controller then cleared an airliner for radio transmission. “He realized that he had takeoff from Runway 09L and instructed the lost track of [the Regional Jet], so he scanned crew of a regional aircraft to taxi into position the radar display, looking for a ‘tag up’ or for a on the runway and hold for takeoff. About one primary return and didn’t see either one,” the minute later, the controller cleared the regional report said. “He looked at the runway again and aircraft for takeoff and instructed the crew of saw [the Regional Jet] still holding in position. Comair Flight 5026, a Canadair Regional Jet, He immediately radioed, “USAir, go around. to taxi into position and hold. He advised the USAir, go around. USAir 1251, go around.” WWW.FLIGHTSAFETY.ORG | AVIATIONSAFETYWORLD | SEPTEMBER 2006 | 57 ONRECOrd Recorded air traffic control radar data indi- The controller also told investigators that cated that the 737 passed about 100 ft above the when vehicle traffic on a nearby highway is Regional Jet during the go-around. The report heavy at night, vehicle lights can make it dif- did not say how many people were aboard the ficult to see aircraft at the approach end of aircraft. Runway 09L. The controller notified the tower supervisor NTSB said that the probable cause of the of the incident, and the supervisor conducted a incident was “the local controller’s failure to quality assurance review (QAR). The QAR sum- monitor the operation and recognize a develop- mary report concluded that no loss of required ing traffic conflict, which resulted in a loss of separation between the aircraft had occurred separation between [the 737 and the Regional because the 737 crew had been instructed to Jet].” The board said that a contributing factor go around when the aircraft was about one nm was “the controller’s incorrect prioritization of (two km) from the runway. his workload.” The day after the incident, the Regional Jet captain filed a near midair collision report with Neglected Throttle Plays Role in Overrun the control tower. Airbus A320-200. Substantial damage. No injuries. The control tower is located between Runway 09L and Runway 09R, which is used he Airbus A320 was en route on a scheduled primarily for smaller general aviation aircraft. TransAsia Airways flight with 106 people When the incident occurred, the controller Taboard from Tainan, Taiwan, to Taipei was handling arrivals and departures on both Sungshan Airport on Oct. 18, 2004. Weather runways, requiring him to divide his attention in conditions at the airport included winds from opposite directions, the report said. 297 degrees at 11 kt, 4,500 m (three mi) vis- “While [the 737] was on approach, there ibility in light rain, scattered clouds at 800 ft, a were multiple departures and arrivals operating broken ceiling at 1,800 ft and an overcast ceiling on Runway 09L and a [Piper] Seneca waiting at 3,500 ft. to depart on Runway 09R,” the report said. The The report by the Aviation Safety Council of controller described his workload as moderate. Taiwan said that the crew conducted an instru- Weather conditions included 10 mi (16 km) ment landing system (ILS) approach to Runway visibility, scattered clouds at 3,500 ft and surface 10 and was cleared to land at 1958 local time. winds from 060 degrees at 12 kt. The captain, 51, had 12,918 flight hours, includ- The controller was Investigators asked the controller, a 22-year ing 8,729 flight hours in A320s. The first officer, veteran, how he kept track of aircraft cleared to the pilot flying, 45, had 10,431 flight hours, handling arrivals and taxi into position and hold on a runway. “The including 7,048 flight hours in type. controller stated that his personal practice used After encountering moderate turbulence on departures on both to be to slide the departure [data] strip to the left final approach, the first officer disengaged the when clearing an aircraft into position on the autopilot at 282 ft radio altitude (RA) but did runways. runway and then cock the strip holder to the left not disengage the autothrottles. The cockpit when clearing the aircraft for takeoff,” the report voice recorder recorded a central warning said. “Starting in September, the tower adopted system warning, “retard,” four times when the a standard procedure requiring that the strip aircraft was below 20 ft RA. Groundspeed was [holder] be cocked to the left when an aircraft is 146 kt and airspeed was 138 kt, one kt higher cleared into position and hold, and that the pa- than the crew’s calculated landing reference per strip be slid left, out of the holder, when the speed, when the main landing gear touched takeoff clearance is issued.” The controller said down 1,750 ft (534 m) from the approach end that he was using the new procedure but that it of the wet runway, which was 8,550 ft (2,608 m) had not yet become “second nature” to him. long and had a 524-ft (160-m) stopway. Landing 58 | FLIGHT SAFETY FOUNDATION | AVIATIONSAFETYWORLD | SEPTEMBER 2006 ONRECOrd weight was 121,454 lb (55,092 kg); maximum ditch at 1959. The crew shut down the engines landing weight is 142,196 lb (64,500 kg). and started the auxiliary power unit. No smoke Five seconds after touchdown, the autothrot- or fire was detected. The captain recommended tles disconnected and the no. 1 engine thrust that the purser evacuate the passengers from the reverser deployed. The no. 2 engine thrust rear exits via service stairs transported to the reverser did not deploy. The report said that the aircraft by ground service personnel. The purser no. 2 engine thrust reverser had malfunctioned told the captain that the rear exits were too high on a previous flight and the airline had deferred to use the service stairs and that the passengers The first officer maintenance in accordance with provisions of would be evacuated using the slides. No one was said, “What’s going the aircraft’s minimum equipment list. injured during the evacuation. The crew had armed the speed brakes and on, sir?” The captain selected a medium autobraking deceleration Engine Ingests Deicing Boot Debris rate. However, the first officer did not retard the Israel Aircraft Industries Westwind 2. Minor damage. No injuries. replied, “I have no no. 2 throttle to the idle position, which cor- responds to a throttle lever angle of 20 degrees he aircraft departed from Shannon, Ireland, idea.” or less. The no. 2 throttle lever angle was 22.5 at 1303 local time June 8, 2005, for an air- degrees on touchdown; the no. 1 throttle lever Tambulance flight to St. Johns, Newfound- angle was 19.7 degrees and was reduced to zero land, Canada, with seven people aboard. While degrees after touchdown — and later to minus climbing through 16,000 ft, the flight crew heard 22.5 degrees to select reverse thrust. The ground a loud bang and observed an increase in the left spoilers did not deploy automatically after engine’s interstage turbine temperature. The touchdown because the no. 2 throttle lever angle crew throttled the engine to flight idle, returned remained at 22.5 degrees. Moreover, the auto- to Shannon and landed without further incident. brakes did not activate automatically because The report by the Irish Air Accident Inves- the ground spoilers had not deployed. tigation Unit (AAIU) said that a six-ft (two-m) The A320 flight crew operating manual says section of the deicing boot on the left wing had that the pilot flying “should pull the thrust levers separated and had been ingested by the left back at 20 feet, and the landing should occur engine.
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