Runway Incursion Avoidance Flashcards
Runway Incursion
incorrect presence on runway
Taxiing
Clearances for taxi and runway
Communications
Signs/Markings/Lights
Maintain SA
- clearance before entering/crossing hold line
- clear before entering runway
- listen to radio to build a mental picture
Distraction
- prepare ahead of time
- checklists/avionics
- sterile cockpit
- appropriate cockpit activities
Airport Diagram
- helps with SA
- better with ForeFlight
- record taxi instruction (forget)
- trace out route on diagram
- quick reference
Request Progressive Taxi
Study Diagrams Prior
- expected common routes
- but be ready for changes
Briefing prior to moving
- route
- hotspots / hazards
- notams construction
Steering
- maintain centerline
- don’t mess with radio
Landing and rollout
- dash across the dash
- parallel or intersecting
- briefing TPC
Standard Phraseology
Eliminate expectation bias
- anticipate but really listen
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Uncontrolled airports
- assume all are active
- become familiar with local pattern/flows/runways
- no radio required so Look around
- clear blind spots (including tree lines)
Communicate IAW the AIM
Light up to be visible
Night
- proper use of lights per AIM and FAR
- light up crossing or taking runway
- familiar with airport lights
Reduce visibility
- use lights
- follow centerline
- use signs
- hold lights
- wide taxiways
UA 1448
https://youtu.be/oySVTdO51Do?si=n-rHAtRR8boKfGva
Theodore Francis International
(Warwick, Rhode Island)
December 6, 1999
UA1447 took wrong turn in foggy conditions the lead back to an active runway. Near miss.
Airport design has changed.
Ground radar implemented.
57DB
https://youtu.be/ounjOawvSog?si=FaNC6_cklEMyxLwW
https://youtu.be/zM_OCV8KT1A?si=AM5pd6hyPnqTc7GV
57DB misses turn and crosses runway.
Record instructions (have a pen).
Readback.
Review/trace on diagram.
Brief self/crew: route, hotspots.
Then, and only then, release brakes to taxi.
Each runway requires a clearance to cross!
UA384 at HNL
https://youtu.be/7KLSzGTiq6A?si=pwBKcKFSTtyaGhgy
2023 HNL Parallel runways. After landing 4R, UA384 instructed to hold short 4L.
https://youtu.be/N00v0cgqXpw?si=PatEdCE4H0ZAwqO5
https://youtu.be/N00v0cgqXpw?si=PatEdCE4H0ZAwqO5
https://youtu.be/1LrDImibNKc?si=qa_btCA2XafuR_RV
SW cleared to cross 4
JetBlue was cleared for TO 4
ATC can make mistakes.
- Active listening to radio
- always visually clear before entering/crossing
https://youtu.be/kjLrZ2SDDaU?si=nGCmd3kiykWL4l6p
1977 Tenerife 2 747 collide
Poor visibility
Nonstandard communication
Simultaneous communication (blocked)
JFK 2023
https://youtu.be/nsFIHKkN2oU?si=PT9TPxQLske4x5Do
