presented to: accident investigation 108 @ lal by: ben coleman (ctr), aso runway safety team date:...

Presented to: Accident Investigation 108 @ LAL

By: Ben Coleman (CTR), ASO Runway Safety Team

Date: May 11, 2007

Federal AviationAdministrationRunway Safety for

First Responders

“A comprehensive review for CFR and Law

Enforcement Officers”

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Why so much interest in Runway Safety?

• One of FAA’s top priorities• 600,000 pilots

• 62 million takeoffs and landings• 14,000 Air Traffic Controllers

• 500 Towered Airports

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Runway Safety for First Responders

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Runway Safety for First Responders

Tenerife, Canary Islands, March 27, 1977, 583 people were killed

KLM Boeing 747 collided with a Pan Am Boeing 747 after the KLM started his take-off roll without proper ATC clearance.

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Runway incursion - any occurrence in the airport runway environment involving an aircraft, vehicle, person or object on the ground that creates a collision hazard or results in loss of separation with a landing or departing aircraft.

Surface incident - unauthorized movement within the movement area, or an occurrence in a movement area affecting safety of flight.

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ICAO Definition (new)“ Any occurrence at an aerodrome

involving the incorrect presence of an aircraft, vehicle, or person

on the protected area of a surface”

Runway Safety for First Responders

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Operational dimensions affecting runway incursion severity:

EnvironmentalConditions

Speed ofAircraft and/or

Vehicle

Proximity ofAircraft and/or

Vehicle

Increasing Severity

Category D

No Chance,

but shouldn’t

have

happened

AvailableReaction

Time

Evasive orCorrective

Action

Category C

Ample time and distance

to avoid collision

Category B

We could have hit that guy…

Category A

Way too close

or “Are you

OK?”

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Runway Safety for First Responders

• Establish Inner and Outer Perimeter• Restrict access only to Authorized Rep.

• BIOHAZARD/HAZMAT• Scene Documentation

• Rescue / Triage• Witness Documentation

• Media Relations

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Runway Safety for First Responders

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Runway Safety for First Responders

• Establish Inner and Outer Perimeter• Restrict access only to Authorized Rep.

• BIOHAZARD/HAZMAT• Scene Documentation

• Rescue / Triage• Witness Documentation

• Media Relations

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Runway Safety for First Responders

• Establish Inner and Outer Perimeter• Restrict access only to Authorized Rep.

• BIOHAZARD/HAZMAT• Scene Documentation

• Rescue / Triage• Witness Documentation

• Media Relations

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Runway Safety for First Responders

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Conditions at Time of Runway Incursions

Airport Diagram Not Used !

Failed to Follow Instructions

Unfamiliar with Airport Signage

Not Familiar with Airport

Inexperience at Towered Airports (Phraseology)

Unfavorable Environmental Conditions

Clearance Not Read back

HUMAN ERROR

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Runway Safety for First Responders

Keep your head up and

aware of your surroundings

at all times….

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Runway Safety for First Responders

A few signs to watch for when operating around

an airport……

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Runway Safety for First Responders

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Runway Safety for First Responders

• www.faa.gov/runwaysafety

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Runway Safety is

Everyone’s Responsibility

Be a part of the SOLUTION!